When Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson decided not to run for a fifth term in 1990, Edgar ran for governor and won —defeating Illinois Attorney General Neil Hartigan, who ran on the Democratic side.

Illinois has had a long relationship with Mexico in the years since Gov. Jim Thompson signed the first bilateral agreement ...

With less than a year before the March 2026 primary, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker must soon decide if he will seek a rare third term as governor.

Chris Setti has returned from a 2 1/2-day trade mission to Mexico led by Gov. JB Pritzker. The governor said he’s hopeful the meetings will lead to new economic development in Illinois, although the ...

(CNN)-- In his first executive order as Illinois governor, Pat Quinn established Friday the Illinois Reform Commission as an official state body under the governor's office. "I think we are ...