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

The $55.2 billion spending plan is supported by $55.3 billion of revenue, including just over $1 billion in new taxes and ...

Illinois legislators passed a record-high $55.1 billion state budget, which includes funding for local K-12 schools, Rockford ...

"In southern Illinois ... The strategy of tying Democratic lawmakers to Madigan has been tried many times before without much success, he said. "Mike Madigan's not very popular down here, but ...

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

Brian King said he believes more people are turning to the Democratic party as they're tired of Trump and the Utah ...

Young Democrats launch primary challenges against senior incumbents in Congress, arguing that the party has an "inability to change" problem.

Missouri senator joins with Dick Durbin of Illinois reintroduce bill to hold tech companies liable for child porn on sites ...

At their convention in Ogden, Democrats elect Brian King as chair — and debate whether winning means shifting left or center.

Democrats in control of the Illinois General Assembly flexed their supermajorities to muscle through a $55.2 billion state ...

Entering a legislative session amid questions about whether he’d run for a third term, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker outlined an ambitious agenda that ended with mixed results. In a State of the State ...

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said he came to the state because he believes it will one day be blue — ...