Illinois Legislature

Illinois lawmakers worked until the early hours of Saturday to pass a $46.5 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, as well as a $1.8 billion package of mostly-temporary tax cuts that Democrats said are intended to soften the impact of inflation on working families.

An Illinois state body that reviews possible release for incarcerated people saw its operations grind to a halt this week because the Illinois State Senate declined to confirm two appointees and a third appointee abruptly resigned.

Illinois lawmakers gave final approval in the early hours of Friday morning to a new congressional redistricting plan that divides the state into 17…

Democrats in the Illinois Senate on Tuesday night voted to repeal the last remaining abortion restriction on the state's books, while Democrats on a House…

The deficit in the state's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund remains over $4.3 billion and interest payments on the debt began accruing on Sept. 6.Thus…

Nuclear giant Exelon will spare its power plant in Byron from slated closure Monday after the Illinois Senate passed massive energy and climate legislation that includes nearly $700 million in ratepayer subsidies to keep three of Exelon’s unprofitable nukes afloat.

After a summer of stalemate on major energy and climate legislation that seeks to put Illinois on the path to 100% renewable energy by 2050, the Illinois House on Thursday night finally pushed through a compromise set to get approval from both the Senate and Gov. JB Pritzker.

An ethics bill that was hotly debated during the spring legislative session is headed back to the Illinois General Assembly with a request for a technical…

Republicans in the Illinois General Assembly say new, detailed census numbers released last week show the legislative maps that Democrats pushed through…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed what is now called Hayli’s Law, which prohibits local and state officials from regulating lemonade stands or any nonalcoholic beverages sales by anybody under the age of 16.