Democrats in Illinois’ 2026 Senate race warn Trump’s federal cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and rural care will hurt residents.

Illinois lawmakers proposed a bill that would have required families to notify schools that they would be homeschooling their ...

Facing a tight budget year with constrained spending and limited natural revenue growth, the $55.1 billion fiscal year 2026 ...

Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

Illinois will implement a direct admissions program so that students hoping to go to a state school will be automatically ...

The building now known as the Old State Capitol, built in 1830 and still standing in downtown Frankfort, had become too small for the growing state government.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky lawmakers are trading in the detailed marble and granite of the state Capitol building for simple paint on drywall. Lawmakers have moved out of the 115-year-old ...

The existing budget package contains a handful of tools for the governor, state treasury and comptroller to keep funds flowing as the Trump administration cuts federal funding.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– The Pennsylvania Capitol Building and the Walnut Street Bridge will be illuminated in purple light from dusk till dawn on Friday, June 20. Pennsylvania is lighting the… ...

Arshia Hussain, of Brooklyn Park, places a flower on a growing memorial during the candlelight vigil for Melissa and Mark Hortman at the State Capitol building Wednesday.

U.S. Reps. Nikki Budzinski and Raja Krishnamoorthi, and state Sen. Laura Fine, say their names were found among alleged Minnesota shooter Vance Boelter’s items.

SPRINGFIELD — A group of Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit this week that seeks to nullify legislation they say would indelibly alter both the business and legal landscape of Illinois.