More than 30 Illinois counties are looking to leave the state and join another state. Here's what you need to know.

A lawsuit filed this week with the Illinois Supreme Court aims to do what years of reform pleas, a previous lawsuit and a ...

Illinois House Republican leader and voters have asked the state Supreme Court to review whether the state's legislative map unfairly favors Democrats.

Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, received the call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, earlier this month that he was tapped to head the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee.

California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. With America's population shifting to the South, political influence is seeping from reliably Democratic states to areas controlled by Republicans.

The Trump administration’s weekend immigration sweeps that included nearly 1,000 arrests and have chilled many immigrant ...

Illinois, along with several other states, filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.

U.S. Reps. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia and Delia Ramirez, Democrats who both represent parts of Chicago, were among the elected ...

Women’s March organizers have rebranded their annual January event as “The People’s March,” which includes a coalition of ...