The Senate seat, which likely would go to a Democrat in deep blue Illinois, would be highly sought after. Back in late 2008, for example, then-President-elect Barack Obama’s departure from the ...

Senate President Don Harmon is appealing Illinois election officials’ assertion he accepted $4 million more in political cash ...

For now, candidates are anxiously awaiting word from both Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Dick Durbin, but the behind-the-scenes ...

Defense attorneys clearly see testifying as the best move for Jones before his case lands in the hands of a jury. However, it ...

University of Illinois system President Timothy Killeen said U of I officials requested a 13.2% increase in state funding this year over last year, or another $804.4 million.

Democrats are off to an early fundraising advantage in major Senate battlegrounds ... as Democratic Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. As Democrats face challenges countering President Donald ...

President Donald Trump has expressed interest in ending biannual time-switching and the Illinois Senate has passed similar legislation in the past. House Bill 62, sponsored by Morgan, would create ...

former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr., announced his intention to retire from his near-40-year legislative career. The senator did not mention the heat he took when he replaced the elder ...

(WAND) — A bill led by Senate Republicans that would require schools to expel students if they've sexually assaulted another student is blocked from moving in the Illinois Senate. The proposal ...

It now heads to the Senate where President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, has tried to pass similar legislation in recent years. Illinois has already established similar offices to improve other aspects ...

Assisted suicide, or intentionally hastening death, he said, is a rejection of Catholic bioethics and teaching. Similarly, ...