Jim Durkin

Illinois Republicans on Wednesday sued to block new legislative and judicial district boundary maps drawn and approved by Democrats — maps that’ll be in use for a decade’s worth of elections and political change.

Illinois’ economy was humming along last winter, a few years removed from the state’s two-year budget impasse in which Illinois’ unpaid bill backlog...

Two county health departments are trialing a new “tech-based” approach to COVID-19 contact tracing. Meanwhile, Governor J.B. Pritzker Monday defended...

Illinois Republican lawmakers are taking issue with Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Restore Illinois plan that outlines how officials plan to reopen the state's…

Illinois House Republicans in a press conference Monday said Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration has not done enough to address the tsunami of...

After years of campaigning, Democrats are moving ahead with a plan to change Illinois’ tax system. On Tuesday they formally introduced the language they...

Springfield's top political leaders are continuing to meet in private as the clock runs down on Illinois' budget year.The House and Senate leaders —…

Illinois could be heading into a second year without a budget. Lawmakers are beginning their final day of the regularly-scheduled spring session without...

Illinois' top legislators and the governor met yesterday for the first time this year. There's no indication it led to any resolution of the state's...

After plenty of squabbles, negotiating, and even name-calling, it took less than an hour for House Republicans to elect Representative Jim Durkin of…