A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...

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The head of one of Chicago’s top nonpartisan government research organizations said lawmakers made too many short-term ...

It was disappointing if not altogether surprising to read recently of Dick Durbin’s plans to retire from the U.S. Senate at ...

After months of clashes on multiple issues, the 2025 legislative session ended last week with new legislation passed on the ...

While regional sporting events and other gatherings have value, they do not match the economic impact of the marquee events ...

President Trump said on Saturday that he believed his relationship with Elon Musk was over after the two sparred publicly on ...

If he wins the Governor's Office in 2026, "the State Police would cooperate with ICE to deport people with criminal records," ...

SPRINGFIELD — A bill that would lift long-standing restrictions on small poultry farmers in Illinois, reducing red tape and transforming the way local farmers process and sell their products, is ...

"The legislature goes through this almost every year. They put all the big stuff off until the end, and then they don’t have ...

Ground zero for the party’s great un-awokening was this week’s WelcomeFest, the moderate Democrats’ Coachella. There, hundreds of centrist elected officials, candidates and operatives gathered to ...