Ill., joined nine other Democratic senators in voting to allow the measure to proceed for a final vote on Friday. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., voted against it, saying she refuses to give Trump ...

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the ...

The Senate voted to advance a spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown.

Senate Democrats’ already difficult 2026 map just got even worse. After losing the majority last November, the party faced a very narrow path out of the wilderness. Then Sen. Jeanne Shaheen piled on.

For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental ...

Republicans threw a stink bomb into the chambers of the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court. Citing the Illinois Constitution’s requirement that legislative maps be “compact,” the GOP ...

Illinois Republican senators have filed bills that would combat ... because they are unknowingly being poisoned right now.” ...

Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments ...

The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag ...

Some Illinois voters April 1 will tell state lawmakers what to do about some of the state’s most pressing problems. One of ...

When you think about states with high taxes, Illinois may not immediately come to mind. However, the Prairie State has one of the highest sales tax rates in the U.S., some of the highest property ...

Scott, a known figure in policy and energy systems, was reappointed by Governor JB Pritzker in early 2024 and has recently been confirmed by the Illinois State Senate, Illinois Government News ...