CHICAGO (AP) — A law firm headed by one of Chicago’s most powerful Democrats has helped Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump and...

  CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois state senator is urging the state to strip Dennis Hastert of the taxpayer-funded pension he receives from when he...

  AUBURN, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner struck an optimistic tone that he can reach a budget agreement with Illinois lawmakers next month and...

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A faculty union at the University of Illinois’ Champaign-Urbana campus plans a five-day strike after contract talks with the school Wednesday...

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Democrats are advancing plans preventing people with mental illnesses from legally owning firearms. The plans target state gun owner’s...

  CHICAGO (AP) — A man who alleges he was sexually abused by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert decades ago and was later...

  HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — School officials in Illinois are worried that lawmakers’ nearly yearlong fight over a state budget could spill into summer and...

  CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — The chancellor of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is threatening legal action and condemning an anonymous YouTube video that calls for the...

  CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois University has a new accredited degree in fermentation science to train future brewers, distillers and vintners. The Southern Illinoisan...