The trip comes just days after President Donald Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone ...

The Farm Bill, which controls most food and farm related spending by the federal government, including crop insurance and the ...

The First Amendment forbids widespread loyalty purges.

US foreign aid programs, including democracy and election security, suspended by Trump administration. Critics argue this ...

Gov. JB Pritzker will present his seventh budget proposal Wednesday as the state faces a projected $3.2 billion revenue ...

The Springfield Democrat highlighted the local impact of federal dollars running dry at an event with Macon County leaders on ...

The White House has insisted that its new tariffs would equalize the ability of the U.S. and foreign manufacturers to compete. The European Union, for example, has an average VAT of 21.8 percent, ...

The culture of corruption in Illinois has had a negative impact on the General Assembly and the people who are served by ...

The convictions of Michael Madigan and Ed Burke, two of the most powerful figures in Illinois politics, are not just scandals ...

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The jury in Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial found the former Illinois House speaker guilty on several counts as ...

Illinois judicial campaigns have become very expensive, with interest groups and wealthy donors throwing around lots of cash to get their favorite judge on the bench.