U.S. House Republican Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas has called for governors who "flout federal law" with sanctuary policies to ...

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

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said it was "a horrible day for Minnesota" after lawmakers Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman and their spouses were shot in separate attacks. Hortman and her husband were ...

A measure Illinois lawmakers sent to Gov. JB Pritzker would streamline firearms ID process for low-level gun offenders.

COLLINSVILLE The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that Interstate 255 from Illinois 157 to Illinois 15 ...

Six months ago, plugged-in Chicago politico Forrest Claypool sounded the alarm about rising pensions debts and called for dramatic action to bring them under control.

The research money President Donald Trump’s administration has cut off will cripple research into cures for cancer and ...

Rep. LaHood said he believes it is in the state’s best interest to end the policies, which is why he felt compelled to join ...

Judge Blakey handed down the 90-month sentence Friday at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago. He also imposed three years of supervised release after his prison time ends.

Onetime political heavyweight Michael Madigan has his fate decided by a federal judge. And Chicagoans join nationwide ...

Gov. JB Pritzker said he would "stand in the way" of the Trump administration's attempts to "going after people who don’t ...

The longest-serving statehouse Speaker in U.S. history was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison Friday for public corruption.