A federal appeals court approved Illinois' ban on carrying firearms on public transit, reversing a lower court ruling that found the gun restrictions passed more than a decade ago violated the Second ...

Former Purdue basketball player Ethan Morton has landed his first job on a college basketball staff. Illinois State announced that the former Boilermaker will join the program as the director of ...

CROSSVILLE, Tenn — A memorial now sits on the corner of Main Street and Fourth Street in Crossville, Tennessee. This comes after authorities say 63-year-old Albert Sturgill Jr. was shot and killed ...

The average Illinois taxpayer is expected to benefit from tax cuts included in President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" starting in 2026, according to an analysis by the Tax Foundation. Using ...

The departure of Texas Democrats who spent two weeks in suburban Chicago evading a vote in their state on a Republican-backed redrawing of congressional district boundaries has not ended the ...

Aug. 14 (UPI) --A federal judge in Illinois has rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to enforce arrest warrants for Democrats who fled the Lone Star State earlier this month to block ...

A judge in Illinois on Wednesday denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to enforce civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fled the Lone Star State. Pool File Photo by Justin Lane/UPI Aug.

(The Center Square) – An Illinois Republican lawmaker says a judge’s ruling this week did not end the case against Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois. Illinois state Sen. Jil Tracy, R-Quincy, ...

An Illinois judge on Wednesday declined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) request to hold Texas Democrats who fled there in contempt. Paxton reached across state lines to seek a ruling that ...

Judge Scott Larson ruled that the Texas speaker and attorney general had “failed to present a legal basis for the court” to take up the issue. Democratic Texas Rep. Ron Reynolds speaks during a press ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — IL Gov. JB Pritzker’s appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" is making headlines for more than just laughs. While joking that Illinois’ political maps looked like "we ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) joked Tuesday that a “kindergarten class” drew his state’s district map after comedian Stephen Colbert called the map “crazy.” “If you’re considering doing a little more ...