There was a new motion Friday in the fight over Illinois' assault weapons ban. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said the ...

Micah Beckwith hasn’t even taken his seat in the lieutenant governor’s office and he’s already threatening a revered state institution and assailing the First Amendment.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's office said he plans to attend the funeral for fallen Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez ...

Illinois is getting more than half-a-billion dollars from the federal government to invest in clean energy and help reduce pollution throughout the state.

Only two states have meaningful safeguards barring the transfer of undocumented people to ICE. Expect "shock and awe," warned ...

Josh Gottheimer has a dream: to be the country’s fourth Jewish Democratic governor named Josh. Gottheimer, a New Jersey ...

Voters in the metro-east county made it the 33rd to approve the symbolic measure to form a new state without Cook County.

While the president-elect promises clean air and water, climate and equity take a back seat to fossil fuel excavation.

Thomas Homan, president-elect Donald Trump's new 'border czar,' had a message last week for Democratic governors who stated that they would protect immigrants in their states from mass deportations: ...

Illinois Democrats prepare to counter policies of a second Trump administration, focusing on protecting state values.

A state pilot program designed to erase medical debt for 300,000 Illinois residents has already helped thousands eliminate ...

Governor JB Pritzker joined University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen, government officials, and cannabis ...