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 between the state of Illinois and state of Mexico in 1990, which was ...

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

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 ...