Situation: After considering thousands of bills, the Illinois legislature paused its brief, frenetic spring session, putting ...

A room on the first floor of the Illinois State Library will now be named after former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias officially dedicated the Jim Edgar ...

Former Gov. Jim Edgar, a Republican, and former Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch, a Democrat who ran against him and lost, voice their opposition Oct. 23, 2008 to a constitutional convention.

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar announced in a statement Monday that he is battling pancreatic cancer. In the statement, Edgar, 78, said the cancer has spread as he and his wife are "facing a new, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The devastating flooding in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey brought back memories for former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, who led the state through the Great Flood of 1993 along the ...

Jim Edgar, the former governor who was once nicknamed "The Reader" by aides, now has a fitting tribute to his legacy at the Illinois State Library.

Former Gov. Jim Edgar says the political landscape leading up to the June 28 Illinois primary and November election has been upended with POLITICO’s report of a draft Supreme Court opinion that ...

Former Gov. Jim Edgar claimed the state’s current budget crisis has been more damaging than incarcerated former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s beleaguered administration. “The damage is the worst ...

Former Gov. Jim Edgar said his brother, who died on Sunday at age 68, enjoyed visiting family and friends as well as seeing Coles County’s fall foliage.

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, pictured in 1994 with then-Arlington Park owner Richard Duchossois, says he thinks the 99-year-old billionaire today has "got to be disappointed" about the pending ...

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar announced in a statement Monday that he is battling pancreatic cancer. In the statement, Edgar ...