Speaker Welch removes Rep. Fred Crespo as budget chair and from the caucus for bypassing leadership during budget talks.

CNI's Beth Hundsdorfer has won a Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting for her work covering the tragic Sonya ...

A Senate panel advances a bill to limit crime-free housing laws, aiming to protect tenants from unfair evictions.

Newly uncovered letters offer insight into Mary Lincoln’s mental health, 150 years after her controversial commitment.

Illinois lawmakers push for Chicagoland transit safety reforms, but details and funding plans remain uncertain.

Illinois' crime-free housing laws enable evictions for minor infractions - such as calling 911 or being accused of a crime - ...

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker’s office is now projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his February budget address. The latest ...

Illinois lawmakers push to repeal a 2015 law punishing Israel boycotts, citing human rights and free speech concerns.

Illinois plans to end health coverage for low-income immigrant adults July 1 amid budget concerns and looming federal cuts.

Illinois sues Trump administration over federal policies tying disaster and transit funding to immigration enforcement.

Consumer and environmental groups urge Illinois regulators to slash Nicor and Ameren gas rate hike requests for 2026.