The Supreme Court passed up the chance to weigh in how much leeway state courts have to interpret federal election rules.

Lawmakers said they again will consider the issue later this year. Meanwhile, Cook County will postpone its 2025 tax sale ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal ...

With electric prices going up, advocates tried — and failed — to reform the energy sector - “Heading into the end of the legislative ...

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to pause a court order to reinstate Education Department employees who were fired in mass layoffs as part of President ...

Senators Todd Young (Ind.) and Ted Cruz (Texas) are leading Republican efforts to brand June as “Life Month” during the ...

After long months when President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk appeared united in their chaotic mission to remake Washington, their relationship imploded this week. It began with Musk ...

Other ships honoring famous figures such as Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Lucy Stone and others could be renamed for the same reasons ...

The Supreme Court will hear a case that could jeopardize Nevada’s policy of counting mail ballots received days after the election, which delays results and stokes conspiracy theories. It’s about time ...

Illinois AG Kwame Raoul contests a Trump administration order challenging birthright citizenship before the 9th Circuit.

Federal authorities are moving to drop a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Sheetz convenience store chain, part of a ...

The legal aid group Lambda Legal has raised $285 million at a time when attacks on the rights of gay, intersex and ...