In February, a jury convicted Madigan, 83, of bribery conspiracy, wire fraud and other crimes. He was sentenced Friday to 7.5 ...

Transit agency officials in Chicagoland met this week and formally began the process of planning for next year's budget, ...

A federal judge sentenced Michael Madigan Friday to seven-and-a-half years in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of $2.5 ...

Public employees hired since 2011 must continue to wait for pension reform after Illinois lawmakers declined to take up the issue during the spring session.

In the closing hours of the session, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon tried to pass legislation that would have wiped ...

The push for an energy reform package grew out of a growing sense of concern that the state won’t be able to meet its ...

Illinois has put its cannabis retail permitting on hold indefinitely as it searches for solutions to help struggling small ...

Springfield lawmakers tried to pass a $1.50 food delivery tax over the weekend that would have impacted restaurants across ...

Four bills creating the new budget included thousands of pages of detail also submitted in the final 48 hours of the ...

Illinois lawmakers have approved a $55.2 billion budget with new taxes on sports betting and nicotine, plus cuts to immigrant ...

WGN Political Reporter Tahman Bradley reports from Springfield on the final details of the state budget and other measures debated during the end of the legislative session.

Illinois lawmakers went down to the wire as they were back on the floor Saturday for discussion to pass a budget just hours ...