Lawmakers are back in town this week for the start of what’s called the “lame duck,” the eight-week sprint to finish up this ...

Patrick Cotter, defense attorney for a longtime Madigan ally, spent more than three hours cross-examining former ComEd ...

The 'guardrails' require that legislators save $2.5B in the next biennial budget, and the revenues they can spend grew by ...

For a man who loves the spotlight, President-elect Donald Trump has been conspicuously out of view since his triumph in last ...

Republican Matt Regier of Kalispell, who was House speaker in 2023, will be Senate president this session. Brandon Ler, a ...

President-elect Donald Trump's reported decisions to appoint U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state and U.S. Rep.

After a sweeping victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, President-elect Donald Trump is now set to become just ...