ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democrats in the Minnesota House who have boycotted daily sessions are using tactics that lawmakers ...

As the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency announces another round of funding for an electric vehicle rebate program, the landscape is changing after a new administration moved into the White ...

Crime, the future of the Par-A-Dice Casino and Peoria's effort to bring Amtrak to the city were all topics raised at the first mayoral debate.

Nestled along the curves of the Illinois River just outside the town of Hennepin is the country’s largest dry-mill ethanol plant, where a network of pipes, grain elevators and exhaust towers rise like ...

What’s a state like Illinois to do about its crushing public pension debt of nearly $144 billion? One option under consideration might surprise taxpayers. H.B. 5909, legislation being pushed by the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) met with Han Kuo-yu, the Speaker of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, and a ...

Michael Madigan was so important to ComEd’s legislative agenda in Springfield that the utility was willing to bend over backwards to make the then-powerful House speaker happy, showering his cronies ...

A new proposal would let Illinoisans recall state lawmakers and local politicians through petitions. State Rep. Dan Ugaste, R ...

The prosecutor made her comment as she continued her closing argument and began to wade into allegations involving AT&T and former state Rep. Edward “Eddie” Acevedo.

Prosecutors say the “Make Mike Madigan Money Plan” helped the former Illinois House speaker’s law firm gain profits.

Thursday marked the second day of closing arguments in the speaker’s landmark racketeering and bribery trial, as prosecutors ...