Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, and her husband were fatally shot on Saturday morning. John A. Hoffman, a ...

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 ...

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

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

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

In response to the new per-bet tax introduced by the legislature, the two largest online sportsbooks are charging users a per ...

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

The governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York testified Thursday before the House Oversight Committee, which has been ...

A person pretending to be a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota and killed the lawmaker’s husband in “an act of targeted political violence,” law enforcement ...

The longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison on federal corruption ...

The California Legislature approves a proposal Friday to freeze enrollment in a state-funded health care program for ...