Former Republican Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh announced Tuesday he is formally joining the Democratic Party because “the stakes are simply too high to NOT become a Democrat.” “Let’s start with the obvious ...

In a sit-down interview with the Washington Examiner, LaHood said he’s happy with his current job representing Illinois’s ...

Several Republican state legislators say they will be irreparably harmed if a court doesn’t stop the state from enacting the ...

The group was founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, former House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican lawmakers.

Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois) reportedly wrote on X it was "deeply troubling" that a Sikh chaplain prayed on the floor of ...

A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...

Multiple Eastern Illinois Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit against Senate President Don Harmon and House Speaker Emanuel ...

Illinois Democrats passed a $55 billion spending plan, which includes $1 billion in tax hikes and increased spending by 38% ...

Central Illinois lawmakers had predictably partisan reactions to the official state budget for the next fiscal year. The ...

In the days following the end of the session, Illinois State Senator Dave Koehler of Peoria looked back at the tense spring ...

Latter-day Saint voters are less Republican than they once were but have warmed to Donald Trump significantly, according to ...