Attention at the Statehouse is expected to begin focusing on one of Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s top priorities, legalizing recreational...

A Chicago Democrat is calling for local governments to again have the authority to implement rent control measures.

Legislation that would raise the minimum age to purchase cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapes, chewing tobacco and other products in Illinois to...

Efforts to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in Illinois have been slowly spreading across the prairie state.

With the 2020 U.S. Census looming, time is short for a group of Illinois lawmakers and activists who want voters...

A Woodstock representative wants a private-sector commission to examine the spending habits and management practices of state agencies.

Newly-elected Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker comes into office with supermajorities in both chambers of the 101st General Assembly, which begins...

More than two decades of public service in Chicago’s northwest suburbs gave Donald DeWitte a lens through which to view...