State lawmakers remain focused on reforming Chicago mass transit. But legislators have all but refused to talk about ...

A key policy proposal from Gov. JB Pritzker that would allow some community colleges to offer four-year degrees has failed to ...

Former 45th Ward Ald. John Arena has no prior relationships or track record in Springfield and is getting a late start on the city’s long to-do list with just over two months to go in the ...

Weeks after tapping a former Chicago alderman to help lobby for ... an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Illinois Springfield, said Purchase’s lobbying and aldermanic ...

People voiced their support Tuesday at the Illinois capitol to end subminimum wages and give senior healthcare workers a ...

Illinois gained over 32,000 nonfarm jobs on net since before the pandemic. But 73% of them were government jobs. Where the state could use some work is private-sector growth. Some of Illinois’ most ...

The bills are part of an effort to address the state's housing shortage by encouraging the development of more affordable ...

Hundreds of letter carriers rallied in downtown Chicago and other Illinois cities on March 23 to protest against the ...

Nearly 33,000 Illinoisans without legal status — including 22,000 in Cook County — could be left without health care if ...

A new Illinois bill aims to add some oversight of families who homeschool their children, a response to concerns that the ...

Johnson has struggled for state legislative wins and a tense relationship with Gov. JB Pritzker has occasionally bubbled up ...