Illinois lawmakers still have a few things to tackle in their final week.

Restructuring Illinois’ opaque budget process would help ensure taxpayer money is spent more responsibly and efficiently. Illinois lawmakers rely on secrecy and shortcuts in the budget process. In ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A former Illinois lawmaker has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s redistricting law, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Multiple Eastern Illinois Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit against Senate President Don Harmon and House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch Thursday calling last weekend's ...

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For at least the past several years, in the middle of the night on the last day of the legislative session, Illinois ...

In 2022, Illinois voters approved a ballot measure granting every employee in the state the constitutional right to collectively bargain. Brady Burden and a group of employees in House Speaker Emanuel ...