The Supreme Court passed up the chance to weigh in how much leeway state courts have to interpret federal election rules.

Lawmakers said they again will consider the issue later this year. Meanwhile, Cook County will postpone its 2025 tax sale ...

Jared Williams, 19, was sentenced to seven years in prison for the second-degree murder of Mason Loy, who was shot and killed ...

State lawmakers sent Gov. JB Pritzker a $55.2 billion budget on May 31 that raises $1 billion in new revenue and increases ...

Some Democratic-led states are doubling down on their resistance to President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration ...

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to pause a court order to reinstate Education Department employees who were fired in mass layoffs as part of President ...

With electric prices going up, advocates tried — and failed — to reform the energy sector - “Heading into the end of the legislative ...

Hindsboro, received swift, bipartisan backlash on Friday after she wrote in a now-deleted social media post that it was "deeply troubling" that a Sikh man — whom she initially misidentified as a ...

After long months when President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk appeared united in their chaotic mission to remake Washington, their relationship imploded this week. It began with Musk ...

Senators Todd Young (Ind.) and Ted Cruz (Texas) are leading Republican efforts to brand June as “Life Month” during the ...

The federal government recognized June as Pride Month under three Democratic presidents. Two Republican presidents did not ...

Republican Illinois Senate members are suing their Democratic peers over the last-minute rush to OK a $55 billion state ...