The Illinois House and Senate need to approve a state budget plan before the legislative session ends Saturday. A $55 billion ...

Heeding Gov. JB Pritzker’s warning that he would veto a plan that relied on increases to the state’s sales or income taxes, ...

Illinois Democrats introduced what a leading budgeteer described as a $55 billion budget Friday evening ahead of a Saturday ...

State Sen. Elgie Sims, a Chicago Democrat and the Senate’s lead budget negotiator, briefs reporters on the state budget ...

With the clock ticking down, Democratic state lawmakers filed a $55.3 billion spending plan that relies on more than $1 ...

Andrew Boutros' appointment by Attorney General Pam Bondi gives him only four months to serve. President Donald Trump could ...

According to a study conducted by Compassion and Choices alongside WebMD, 58% of Illinois physicians supported legalized medical aid in dying or physician-assisted suicide.

Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to ...

A bill requiring mental health screenings into Illinois public school districts is headed to the Governor's desk. SB1560 ...

EBF isn’t just good policy. It’s also one of the most effective education investments Illinois has made in a generation.

Illinois advocates hope passage of the new bill will help school districts create or expand dual language programs at a time ...

Senate opposition led President Donald Trump to abandon his candidate to be the top prosecutor in the nation’s capital. But ...