The Illinois Capitol building was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon after police received notice of a threat involving the location, according to Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. The ...

Illinois lawmakers advance Clean Slate Act to seal nonviolent records, aiming to boost jobs and reduce recidivism.

Using a pencil-size tool, Megan Smith spent countless hours cutting glass for a stained glass skylight destined for the ceiling of the Senate chamber in the Illinois State Capitol building.

Progress was being made on one of the most ambitious renovation projects at the Illinois State Capitol. A big hole in what was a parking lot to the north of the building adjacent to Monroe Street ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Police locked down the Illinois State Capitol Building on Tuesday after they received a threat, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said on X, the platform formerly known as ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The Illinois State Capitol building was evacuated Monday after a threatening 911 call, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said. The call triggered the state's alert ...

Hundreds of homeschooling families gathered inside the state Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois, earlier Wednesday, condemning the bill as an overreach by lawmakers. Will Estrada ...

Both men face charges of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds ...

An Illinois state lawmaker proposed making license plates honoring Dolton-native Pope Leo XIV available to state residents, ...