In a sit-down interview with the Washington Examiner, LaHood said he’s happy with his current job representing Illinois’s ...

Senate Bill 1473, advanced by State Senator Patrick Joyce, would allow for the development of new horse racing tracks in ...

Illinois legislators passed a record-high $55.1 billion state budget, which includes funding for local K-12 schools, Rockford ...

It boggles the mind that the state legislature would just keep kicking the can down the road, and you have a crisis on your hands,” said Rita Jefferson, an analyst with the Institute on Taxation and ...

More than three years after the state’s legislative map became law and after two election cycles during which it was in effect, Illinois House ... the state House and Senate are in violation ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five voters on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map as unconstitutionally drawn to favor ...

House Democrats Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly have already announced their intentions to run for Senate next ... primary election to Illinois, while reshaping the state's current ...

That's why two Illinois state senators have come up with an idea to help close the funding gap. They've introduced legislation creating a pilot program to explore establishing a road usage charge.

INDIANAPOLIS — A plan to have several Illinois counties join Indiana has advanced to the Indiana Senate. House Bill 1008 passed out of the House on Thursday, Feb. 20. It now heads to the Indiana ...

She was also an Illinois state representative. Bill Huizenga readies Michigan Senate bid that could upend the GOP's primary plans Texas’ US senators, congressman from Houston file bill to ...

Tom Bennett of Gibson City is retiring, leaving the 53rd Illinois State Senate District up for grabs. Republican Chris Balkema won the Republican primary for the seat and now stands unopposed in ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five voters on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map as unconstitutionally drawn to favor ...