In addition to passing a $55 billion state budget, the Illinois General Assembly passed and punted on various legislation ...

The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final flurry of ...

Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal analyst. State ...

The bill’s passage comes a year after APM Reports revealed that dozens of hospitals violated the 49-year-old law.

The former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced on June 13, on federal corruption charges. He was also given ...

Illinois’ gambling industry could be set for a boost if House Bill 3080 and Senate Bill 1963 are successful in their attempts ...

U.S. District Judge John Blakey handed down the sentence Friday, four months after the former Illinois House speaker was ...