The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final flurry of ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of attorneys general won a court injunction challenging President Trump ...

In response to the new per-bet tax introduced by the legislature, the two largest online sportsbooks are charging users a per ...

Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal analyst. State ...

Transit agencies in northern Illinois are facing a $771 million annual combined budget gap — and lawmakers did not pass ...

The governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York testified Thursday before the House Oversight Committee, which has been ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan was sentenced Friday to seven and a half years in federal prison and a $2.5 million fine in his corruption case.

Democrats and Republicans alike said they are horrified by the shootings early Saturday of two Minnesota lawmakers and their ...

Legislation that mandates the Illinois Department of Corrections to annually report on hospice and palliative care within its ...

Thousands gathered in Daley Plaza and in suburban events in protests timed to coincide with a military parade in Washington ...

They shared a photograph of him that they said was captured by a security camera in Minneapolis on Saturday, not long after the overnight attacks. He was wearing a cowboy hat. Officials said that the ...

CHICAGO Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued a statement on a decision by the District Court for the District ...