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State Representative Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) fought off Democratic challenger John Curtis of Macomb 52%-48% in the mid-term elections.At her victory…

Voters returned incumbents to office in the state and federal contests in west central Illinois. Voters also decided county elections and a few local…

Republicans held their annual rally at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield Wednesday with a message of party unity. Bruce Rauner still holds...

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has made the long awaited announcement that he is seeking re-election. The first term Republican distributed a video Monday…

Illinois politicians continue reacting to Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas. Their responses are often falling along party lines.

Illinois Gov . Bruce Rauner’s choices for new top staff positions — from chief of staff to policy director to the head of his communications team — have...

The Illinois General Assembly ended its annual legislative session Wednesday night without agreeing on a state budget.Top Democrats and Republicans blamed…

Ten Republican senators voted for at least one bill in the grand bargain. We asked all of them about Gov. Bruce Rauner's role in stopping them from...

NPR and dozens of member stations are searching for public statements on Twitter and Facebook, on lawmakers' websites and in interviews with public media or other news organizations.

Former Congressman Aaron Schock has pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges. It happened Monday afternoon in Springfield’s federal courthouse....