Three Republican lawmakers on Friday put pressure on Illinois Department of Employment Security officials to answer for the backlog in unemployment claims and […]

A legislative committee began four days of hearings on Thursday to examine whether public investment funds in Illinois are complying with state requirements […]

Justice David K. Overstreet took the oath to become a member of the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon. The 54-year-old was sworn in by his […]

People who plead guilty to crimes are not automatically precluded from later asserting claims of innocence, the state’s highest court ruled on Thursday. The […]

State energy laws passed in 2011 and 2013 allowed Commonwealth Edison to earn huge profits while the utility giant failed to fulfill its promise of consumer […]

Republican lawmakers on Monday renewed calls for a House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing into the cause of a coronavirus outbreak at the state-run […]

Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs' “Money Match” program is returning more than a million dollars to thousands of taxpayers. The program aims to get […]

A longtime confidante of House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) was charged along with two other former Commonwealth Edison lobbyists and the CEO of ComEd’s […]

The Illinois Supreme Court agreed to combine 10 lawsuits challenging indoor dining bans across the state with existing cases in Sangamon County that raise the […]

The Illinois State Board of Education next month is set toadoptculturally responsive teaching standards to promote diversity and inclusion. That plan comes […]