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

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

Judge Blakey handed down the 90-month sentence Friday at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago. He also imposed three years of supervised release after his prison time ends.

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 ...

Illinois lawmakers have delayed pension reform for public employees hired since 2011, known as Tier 2 employees, despite ...

Illinois' JB Pritzker and Democratic governors Kathy Hochul of New York and Tim Walz of Minnesota were summoned to Washington to answer questions about “sanctuary states.” ...

Public employees are leaving their professions and our state because they can’t rely on a pension that ensures dignity in ...