The $55 billion budget plan unveiled Friday night by Democratic leadership would include new taxes on gambling as well as ...

The Senate approved a measure reforming regional transit and providing funding to avoid a fiscal cliff, but the House does ...

Democratic members of the General Assembly had only seven minutes to spare before a key constitutional deadline to pass a ...

Hastings supports organ donation leave for working people State Senator Michael E. Hastings supported a measure through the ...

Hastings supports legislation to lower prescription drug costs State Senator Michael E. Hastings is supporting two ...

Illinois lawmakers consider a toll hike and other measures to address an expected $771 million financial shortfall for ...

The legislature began working on transit reform more than two years ago facing post-pandemic ridership slumps. Transit ...

With the Illinois legislature one day away from a deadline for passing the state’s budget for fiscal 2026, lawmakers have yet ...

Despite a long process of negotiation, several important groups still oppose the bills, including representatives of ...

The state of Illinois is proposing to replace the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) with a new body as a transit ...

A manhunt is underway for a suspect after his two sisters were stabbed to death in northwest suburban Streamwood Wednesday night, friends told ABC7.