Illinois members of congress are reacting after former Illinois speaker of the house, Michael Madigan, was sentenced to 7.5 ...

House Republicans advanced a $21.9 billion K-12 school aid budget that would boost per-pupil funding, cut free school lunches ...

The stunning downward spiral of Michael Madigan’s political career ended Friday with a 7 1/2-year prison sentence and a $2.5 ...

The first spring session of the 104th General Assembly has come and gone and now some Illinois Republicans are analyzing ...

The Democrat-led Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday said Republicans waited too long to contest the 2021 redrawing of legislative districts ... worst,” said state Rep. Dan Ugaste of St. Charles ...

District residents have also voiced support for bike routes and community bikeability at a recent town hall hosted by the third-term state rep. In a phone interview, Ride Illinois executive ...

They ruled that a map in central Illinois. They did that time was a part of Representative Taylor's district, not no relation to the current senator serving but represented Caylor was drawn in a ...

Illinois state Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria ... Republican voting power because of gerrymandering in the legislative district map, at the state Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Springfield ...

Illinois state Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, discusses a dot chart prepared by University of Michigan research Jowei Chen showing diluted Republican voting power because of gerrymandering in the ...

Eric Henderson is Managing Editor, Midwest for CBSNews.com. He has won three Emmy Awards, an Eric Sevareid Award and two Edward R. Murrow Awards.

In private mapmaking sessions, Illinois’ all-powerful Democratic majority in 2021 used the state’s population loss to swell Democratic districts — adding one Hispanic-majority blue seat in ...