Republicans control the Texas House by an 88-62 margin, but Texas requires at least two-thirds of the members be present for ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation awarded McLean County a $3.2 million grant to expand the Route 66 trail, which will ...

Illinois U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood has announced that he will seek reelection to Congress in 2026. After speculation swirled ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker welcomed a contingent of Texas House Democrats to Chicago on Sunday night as part of a strategy to delay a ...

TEXAS TWO-STEP: Lone-Star Democrats are holed up in the Q Center, a high-security hotel and convention complex in St. Charles ...

Dozens of Democratic state lawmakers in Texas have scattered to points across the country in a last-ditch effort to prevent ...

The move effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full ...

Gov. Greg Abbott asked the state Supreme Court to remove Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, from office, arguing that he had abandoned his constituents by leaving the state ...

Texas House Democrats said they were traveling to Illinois Aug. 3 in an attempt to block a planned vote on a newly-proposed ...

Texas Democrats have fled the state to block a vote on a new redistricting map. Gov. Abbott has ordered their arrest, ...

REBELS WITH A CAUSE: In an extraordinary show of political defiance, more than 30 Texas House Democrats packed their bags ...