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.

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.

Barrington Hills village trustee Darby Hills has won the 26th District Senate seats vacated by former Sen. Dan McConchie last month.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.