Democrats currently control two-thirds of all seats in the Illinois General Assembly — 78 of 118 in the House and 40 of 59 in ...

Illinois republican lawmakers have asked the state’s Supreme Court to throw out the current legislative map that they claim ...

Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, received the call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, earlier this ...

Illinois House Republicans filed a lawsuit over the Democratic-drawn legislative map, arguing it violates the state ...

Former state Senate Republican leader Dan McConchie is resigning his north suburban seat to start a nonprofit organization ...

Illinois House Republican leaders filed a lawsuit before the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday claiming the current House ...

“There’s just no reason, really, for me to wait,” said McConchie, the senator for Illinois’ 26th District. Resigning now allows suburban Republican ... Democratic Party, said she’s ...

Donald Trump’s move to pause trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans awakened widespread Democratic resistance to ...

State Sen. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, speaks to the press after the Illinois Republican Party Delegation Breakfast in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on July 16, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune ...

Reflecting the nation's deeply divided political climate, two Central Illinois members of Congress offered wildly divergent ...

A lawsuit has been filed with the Illinois Supreme Court in an effort to throw out the current legislative maps that the ...