The rules for the 104th Illinois General Assembly are now in place despite House Republicans urging for changes to make ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan returned to the stand Wednesday to testify for a second day in his corruption trial.

Over the past 2½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime ...

The former speaker’s decision to testify will lengthen the already long trial, which was originally predicted to wrap before ...

It was July 18, 2017, when Madigan first met real estate developer Andy Cretal at his tax law firm office in the Loop. That meeting was, without either man's knowledge, being recorded by 22nd Ward ...

A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday, dealing a political setback to Gov. JB Pritzker after he ...

Gov. JB Pritzker waved off concerns that a fiery House Democratic caucus meeting that tanked one of his prized legislative ...

A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in and legislators now face several tough issues including how to plug a projected ...

Over the last 2 ½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime ...

A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in for the next two years on Wednesday, with the House and Senate ceremonies taking two starkly different tones.

Since no Democrat filed to run, state Sen. Chris Balkema knew upon winning the 53rd Illinois Senate District Republican primary last March that he would eventually be heading ...