Illinois Legislature

Dr. Patrick Twomey said most of what’s done at schools should be through local control.

Norine Hammond will be Deputy Republican Leader in the House during the next session of the Illinois General Assembly.

His most recent crop of signed bills included a measure taking aim at wage theft in the construction industry and a pair of bills aimed at increasing access to treatment for HIV.

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.