It is a movement gaining strength on several fronts: a push to establish a recall election for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Modifications to Illinois’ renewable energy policies that are soon to head to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk could increase costs ...

Chicago, would direct the system's board of directors to divest from all investments tied to the fossil fuel industry.

Though the governor promised to make Illinois “the best state” to raise young children, child care continues to disappear.

The bill comes as several state officials warn that Illinois is falling behind on its clean energy goals. The state’s main ...

Illinois House Bill 5896 would require more detailed reporting of how Springfield spends taxpayer money. It improves transparency, which is a step toward fiscal restraint. Taxpayers may gain more ...

The goal of the bill is to decrease threats to people who have endured domestic abuse, discrimination and other threats to their safety. Villivalam said 24 states have already eased this requirement.

Senators voted to pass a new version of a stopgap spending bill early Saturday morning after the midnight deadline for a partial government shutdown came and went. The Senate advanced the third ...

The Senate voted 85-11 to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government until March 14. The measure, signed hours later by President Biden, had overwhelming bipartisan support in both ...

Trump’s demands upended efforts to pass a stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded through mid-March, a measure that also includes more than $100 billion in disaster and farm aid.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump excoriated a bipartisan government funding bill Wednesday afternoon, throwing the stopgap measure into chaos just as leaders of both parties were hoping ...