The death of the 18-year-old who was found dead along Illinois Route 78 was ruled a homicide following a coroner's inquest.

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's “profoundly grateful” after President Donald Trump pardoned him on political ...

I support President Trump in many ways,” state Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) said, “but I don’t think he understands that this just signals that the corruption in Illinois is just accepted, rather than it ...

A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history ...

Illinois state Senator Li Arellano, Jr (R-Dixon) has been appointed as the Republican Spokesperson for the Illinois Senate’s ...

Trump's decision to commute Blagojevich's sentence was met with bipartisan criticism in Illinois. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker ...

Suburban Republican Party leaders are accepting applications for the soon-to-be-vacant 26th Senate District seat. State Sen. Dan McConchie, a Hawthorn Woods Republican, has announced his ...

The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as ...

State Senator Doris Turner introduced two new pieces of legislation aimed at implementing a stricter review process for potential police officers a ...

Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Trump commuted the former governor's sentence in 2020.