The General Assembly’s veto session starts Tuesday and runs through Nov. 21 ... pass a law to correct the discrimination ...

The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive ...

CHICAGO — Illinois isn’t following the lead of California Gov. Gavin Newson and convening a special session in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s win. There’s no need, given that Illinois ...

Jimmy Soto, a man who served 42 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, also urged lawmakers to pass the bill.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday sought to assure Illinois residents that he would fight to preserve the state’s protections on ...

Separately, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois state Reps. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich, and La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, ...

When one party holds a supermajority, it has margins so large that it can enact laws despite a governor’s veto, convene special sessions or place constitutional amendments on the ballot without ...

How much work did Madigan's associates do for energy company ComEd while subcontracted through a consulting firm?

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration. But his proposals are more complicated than that sounds ...

Voters were disappointed about the economy and their finances, all of which fueled a desire for change. And Trump cleaned up with "change" voters.

By 1980, financial mismanagement led Chicago Public Schools to lose its ability to borrow money, to miss multiple payrolls ...