Four words – “A third party, including” – in two sections of a proposed amendment to the suburban and downstate police and fire pension consol…

Leaders from both sides of the aisle have called for more stringent ethics rules amid federal corruption probes involving state lawmakers, but…

Illinois smokers have already paid at least $40 million in additional taxes so far this fiscal year since lawmakers added another $1 per pack …

A police group that was the major hold out on a proposal to consolidate the state’s 649 local police and fire pension funds into two funds sai…

House Speaker Michael Madigan promised to challenge the choice of a committee set to pick the replacement for an indicted former state represe…

A tumultuous run at the statehouse is taking a toll on taxpayers, the state's political leaders said.

Illinois’ congressional delegation split along party lines over whether to hold open hearings in an effort to impeach President Donald Trump.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker could move forward with a campaign plan to create a Medicaid buy-in program after lawmakers failed to override his veto of …

State Rep. Luis Arroyo, D-Chicago, facing federal corruption and possible expulsion from the Illinois House, resigned from office.

Within a week of his arrest on bribery charges and subsequent not guilty plea, state Rep. Luis Arroyo’s colleagues in the Illinois House will …