The polarizing legislation that narrowly passed the Illinois General Assembly would allow adults diagnosed with six months or ...

Gov. JB Pritzker said he was still deciding Monday whether to sign legislation that would permit doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives.

Last May, several Illinois House Democrats complained bitterly that their mass transit negotiators were ignored and even shut out by the Senate Democratic mass transit negotiators. The House members ...

As Chicagoans adjust to earlier sunsets after setting clocks back an hour, debate continues over whether the U.S. should end ...

The Illinois House rejected a bill that would have given the state Department of Insurance authority to regulate homeowners’ insurance rates.

A bill that failed in the House would have given state insurance regulators authority to review and approve rates charged for ...

Illinois lawmakers moved quietly overnight on a major transportation bill that could reshape how the state funds and manages transit.

Illinois lawmakers recently approved $1.5 billion in new funding for public transportation agencies “without large statewide ...

State senators passed a bill last week to protect homeowners from excessive insurance rate increases and ensure transparency for homeowners, but the plan failed to gain enough support in the ...

Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus deficit next year that would likely result in major cuts to bus and rail service at the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace.

There is an election on Nov. 4 in some states, but Illinois is not one of them. Officials across the state are even reminding ...

The Illinois legislature has passed a bill that modifies the Clean Slate Act to automatically seal the criminal records of nonviolent offenders.