Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth picks up a big endorsement in his bid for U.S. Senate, and focuses her attacks on the Republican incumbent, not her...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A longtime top assistant has been named acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. Sixty-three-year-old Jim Porter of...

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois lawmaker has filed legislation aimed at keeping dangerous mentally ill people and anyone convicted of felonies or domestic violence...

Herrin Mayor Steve Frattini is working to reduce the city’s budget deficit, thus leading to a lower tax levy needed for city employees and...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Amtrak says that its passenger numbers in Illinois fell to about 1.3 million in the latest fiscal year, or a...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A decade ago, Illinois state troopers were driving squad cars long past obsolescence — 200 of them had more than...

The General Assembly’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability listed the figure in a Thursday report. It covers five pension systems for the fiscal...