Juvenile Justice Initiative Founder Elizabeth Clarke says minimum detainment age legislation in Illinois could prove to be a ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is pushing for lawmakers to ban “unnecessary rate hikes” after a major insurance company sought a ...

Illinois legislature’s watchdog resigns, calls post a ‘paper tiger’ and says lawmakers have shown ‘true ethics reform is not a priority’ ...

A bill passed by the Illinois legislature could slow the growth of carbon sequestration proposals—and proposals, in ...

In addition to passing a $55 billion state budget, the Illinois General Assembly passed and punted on various legislation during the session that wrapped Saturday. The big picture: The budget ...

Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope, left, testifies before the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform in Springfield in 2020. Her predecessors, Julie Porter, center, and Tom Homer ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers kicked off their spring legislative session roughly three weeks ago, but lawmakers in the House have already filed more than 1,800 bills that could be ...

State Farm is planning a major rate hike for Illinois home insurance starting in August. The insurance company is raising its home insurance rates by 27% on average, the company confirmed in an email ...

Two bills, both of which were formally approved by the legislature last week, would add to Illinois' list of state symbols. A bill, HB 4261, would designate dolostone as Illinois' official state rock.

Members of the Illinois Legislative Staff Association filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch Friday, alleging he’s violating their right to organize as workers.

Illinois’ missed its real chance to reform the mapping process a year ago when the Legislature blew a deadline, intentionally, to put a referendum for a better way on the Nov. 3 ballot.

Republicans in the Illinois General Assembly asked Gov. JB Pritzker on Saturday to veto maps for new legislative districts that Democrats pushed through the House and Senate on Friday ...