The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final flurry of ...

Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, and her husband were fatally shot on Saturday morning. John A. Hoffman, a ...

Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal analyst. State ...

In response to the new per-bet tax introduced by the legislature, the two largest online sportsbooks are charging users a per ...

Transit agencies in northern Illinois are facing a $771 million annual combined budget gap — and lawmakers did not pass ...

Tim Walz called the attacks an “act of targeted political violence.” transcript State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, died in the attack at their home. The assailant also shot ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan was sentenced Friday to seven and a half years in federal prison and a $2.5 million fine in his corruption case.

The governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York testified Thursday before the House Oversight Committee, which has been ...

Transit agency officials in Chicagoland met this week and formally began the process of planning for next year's budget, ...

CHICAGO Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued a statement on a decision by the District Court for the District ...

A former Minnesota House speaker and her husband were killed and a state senator and his wife were wounded in targeted ...

Six months ago, plugged-in Chicago politico Forrest Claypool sounded the alarm about rising pensions debts and called for dramatic action to bring them under control.