While Chicago-area public media outlets WBEZ and WTTW will get hurt if the Senate OK’s cuts, smaller stations in rural areas ...

“We want Illinoisians throughout our state to understand the ripple effects of the Trump administration’s cruelty and be ...

Raja Krishnamoorthi has worn many hats: lawyer, small-business owner and, for the last 10 years, United States representative ...

By some estimates, cargo thefts are a $35 billion-a-year problem with the power to disrupt supply chains, and even increase ...

CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois students won’t need to fill out ... The bill outlining the direct admissions program, House Bill 3522, passed unanimously in the Senate and with broad ...

Illinois will have its first new senator in a decade after voters in the 2026 midterm elections select someone to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who has held the seat since 1997.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s first judicial pick of his second term, voting to approve ...

The massive domestic policy law known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump on ...

Amid the annual bustle at the Illinois Capitol during the legislative session’s midpoint, a sea of color and singing filled the rotunda on a sunny March day. Attendees of the 2025 Native ...

Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, sits for an interview with Illinois Lawmakers’ host Jak Tichenor on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki ...

Lawmakers and advocates from the Live Free Illinois coalition rally on the steps of the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on April 10 in support of a bill to seal certain criminal records. The ...

Krishnamoorthi told Capitol News Illinois in an interview that Democrats must make addressing affordability their top ...