A longtime champion of progressive policy in Congress, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) is one of several House Democrats facing ...

Behind-the-scenes jostling was already underway before Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin announced that he would not seek a ...

That leaves intact legislative maps that badly undermine democracy in Illinois. Any reasonable, non-partisan person looking at the facts would arrive at that conclusion. State House districts are ...

Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file ... half of the current House Districts were less compact than a district the state’s high court tossed out in 1981. They also said Rep.

The Illinois Constitution dictates that districts be “compact ... redistricting before the state high court? Harmon and Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch!

A controversial bill prohibiting Native American mascots in Illinois public schools is advancing through the state legislature.

A note added to House Bill 2827 shows it likely will add costs for school districts, regional offices of education and even ...

At the same time, the Wirtz family's development team is mailing letters to about 12,000 households asking them to support the 700-acre development.

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Republicans waited too long to ... of the current House Districts were less compact than a district the state’s high court tossed out in 1981.