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

Past and present Illinois politicians have figured prominently in wiretapped conversations introduced by prosecutors at the ...

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

Ferguson will be one of a handful of people who served as attorney general at the start of Trump’s first term to be governor ...

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

Gottheimer, a New Jersey congressman, announced Friday morning that he is running to succeed Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat who ...

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch hired a new appropriations staff director and plans on making operational changes in 2025.

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

Illinois is investing $7 million in a new Cannabis Research Institute (CRI) to examine marijuana’s effects on individuals and ...

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: ...

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 ...