Months before a federal judge sentenced former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to prison on Friday, the once-mighty state Democratic Party chairman took the witness stand in his corruption ...

Thousands gathered in Daley Plaza and in suburban events in protests timed to coincide with a military parade in Washington ...

Transit agencies in northern Illinois are facing a $771 million annual combined budget gap — and lawmakers did not pass ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

The police are looking for a suspect, Vance Boelter, 57, in relation to the killing of a state representative and the shooting of a state senator. A list in his car included about 70 potential targets ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of attorneys general won a court injunction challenging President Trump ...

The governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York testified Thursday before the House Oversight Committee, which has been ...

A measure Illinois lawmakers sent to Gov. JB Pritzker would streamline firearms ID process for low-level gun offenders.