A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives could make for the end of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — better known as the ATF.  Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren ...

Dixon, and Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, were two of 118 sworn into office Wednesday. The 104th General Assembly of the Illinois House of Representatives is composed of 78 Democrats and 40 Republicans.

Illinois’ new batch of lawmakers will face a number of challenges in 2025. Chief among them is a projected $3.2 billion budget deficit.

Mason, along with the other eight other representatives and five state senators representing parts of Lake County opened the ...

Members of the 104th General Assembly in Illinois are getting sworn in Wednesday. Senators gathered in their newly reopened ...

Illinois Democratic senators have passed a bill that further regulates the state body oversees parole and supervised release for prisoners. The Illinois House of Representatives did not vote on the ...

Madigan is accused of leading a criminal enterprise designed to enhance his political power and enrich himself and his allies ...

The Illinois House narrowly approved the transfer of Shabbona Lake State Park to the Kansas-based Prairie Band Potawatomi ...

A bill that will return land at Shabbona Lake and State Park in DeKalb County to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is now on its way to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's desk.

Michael Madigan, the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, has taken the stand to testify in his own defense during his federal corruption trial this week.

A bill passed by Illinois lawmakers Tuesday aims to offer more protection for victims of domestic abuse by requiring law ...

Gingrich days of empowering House majority, not dictating to them or taking orders from the executive branch, writes ...