Illinois Republicans filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Senate Bill 328, alleging its passage violated the state's "Three Readings Rule." The lawsuit claims the bill was passed ...

Smoke-filled backroom deals in the state capitol prevent that. Lawmakers gut other bills that meet the three-day reading requirement and replace everything with thousands of pages of spending, all ...

Then-Sen. Andy Manar and Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D-Aurora) talk with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on the Illinois House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield, Jan. 29, 2020.

Illinois’ future has a $143.7 billion hole in what it must pay retired government workers. Its rainy-day fund has enough to operate the state for 15 days – the second lowest in the nation and ...