DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick became the first Republican to announce plans to run for Governor in 2026.
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Champaign-based health insurance company Health Alliance sent shockwaves through the state Tuesday when it announced it was ceasing operations at the end of 2025, leaving some 240,000 people across the state searching for a new health insurance provider.
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One of the more overlooked budget moves in Governor JB Pritzker’s spending plan, introduced last week, is the raiding of over $170 million in tax funding that is supposed to be transferred to the state’s road fund for transportation projects.
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Jim Edgar, Illinois’ 38th Governor and the last Republican to be elected to two terms as the state’s chief executive, announced Monday he is battling pancreatic cancer.
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A suit filed in McHenry County Court Tuesday alleges suburban Republican officials who chose Barrington Hills Trustee Darby Hills for a vacant seat in the Illinois Senate did so illegally and that she isn’t allowed to serve.
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As Governor JB Pritzker prepares to present his seventh budget to the General Assembly Wednesday, it’s the latest page in an unprecedented string of spending plans.
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Barrington Hills village trustee Darby Hills has won the 26th District Senate seats vacated by former Sen. Dan McConchie last month.
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After allegations of nepotism and backroom deals to install Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi’s son, Joe, as the replacement in the Senate to the recently resigned Dan McConchie, Salvi did not apply for the appointment.
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Governor JB Pritzker continued his quest to become the face of the resistance to the Trump administration Monday shooting back on President Trump’s proposed tariff hits on Canada and Mexico.
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The Department of Justice filed suit Thursday against the State of Illinois, City of Chicago, and Cook County arguing sanctuary policies and laws limiting coordination with federal immigration officials are illegal.
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While jurors continue to deliberate his fate, a group of longtime allies and supporters of House Speaker Michael Madigan have reached out in recent days to question and criticize the federal government’s prosecution of the longtime Speaker and once powerful political figure.
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As Democrats begin efforts to close a projected $3.2 billion budget gap, it appears it may be difficult for the supermajority party to find consensus, especially on taxes.
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Before a last minute pull back from President Donald Trump Monday, Illinois farmers were preparing for new tariffs to take effect Tuesday on products imported from Canada, Mexico, and China.
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Calling Democratic gerrymandered legislative maps in effect since 2021 “unethical and, frankly, illegal,” House Republicans announced a lawsuit Tuesday asking the Illinois Supreme Court to throw out the existing map and require a new map to be drawn.
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A report released earlier this month from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) analyzing the cost of a union-backed Tier 2 pension “fix” provided an eye-popping cost and a directive for supporters to head back to the drawing board.
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While copious amounts of speculation are already circling Governor JB Pritzker’s decision whether or not to seek a third term, it appears few Republicans are laying serious groundwork for a run at the state’s top office in 2026.
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Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods), who was deposed as Senate Republican Leader in 2022, announced Monday he will resign Sunday after nearly nine years in the Senate.
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When Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) ran for the House for the first time in 2018, he had a hard three-term limit for himself.
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Democratic Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-Springfield), a former aide to Gov. JB Pritzker, testified Monday in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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As outgoing Rep. Kelly Burke (D-Evergreen Park) drove home from the final day of her final veto session last month, she dealt with high winds, heavy snow, and drivers who weren’t acclimated to winter weather in Illinois.
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