State Reps. Ken Dunkin, D-Chicago, and Raymond Poe, R-Springfield, have crafted separate legislation that would outlaw K2, a legal alternative to marijuana

The Illinois House on Friday unanimously approved a plan to limit how much a judge or former lawmaker will be able to collect as part of their state pension.

“This is an ugly budget,” said state Sen. Dave Koehler, D-Peoria. “You just can’t sugarcoat it.”

Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor may soon share the same electoral fate on party ballots.

The Illinois State Senate rejected legislation Thursday that would require children to wear helmets while on motorcycles.

The Illinois governor will keep the ability to appoint the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, after the House on Wednesday shot down a proposal calling

Illinois lawmakers say it looks like they're going to have decide just how much charity is required from a hospital's charity-care program.

Illinois State Superintendent Chris Koch doesn’t yet know how many thousands of pink slips school districts will hand out to local teachers and administrators.

Legislation to ban assault weapons passed through an Illinois House committee Wednesday, a week after several concealed carry bills did the same.

Illinois’ experiment with one of the earliest primary elections in the nation has ended.

Gov. Pat Quinn discusses the new law to move the primary election back to March, the search for a running mate and the discussion over a tax increase.

State Rep. Al Riley, D-Hazel Crest, talks about the statewide debate over firearm regulation.

Hundreds of crop growers, livestock producers and future farmers gathered in Springfield on Tuesday to appeal to lawmakers to keep funding agriculture

Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed a number of education cuts to help close a $13 billion budget gap, but K-12 educators and students are not the only ones in the

St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation is merging its three Illinois electric and natural gas utilities into one company called “Ameren Illlinois.”