INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill to invite Illinois counties into the Hoosier state. The House voted to concur with the Senate version on April 17. House Enrolled Act 1008 now heads ...

House Bill 1008, which was led by House Speaker Todd Huston, stemmed from Illinois counties that have voted to secede from their state.

Illinois' senior U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin hasn’t said if he’ll seek another six-year term, and that uncertainty is fueling quiet jostling among ambitious Democrats across the state.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, the ...

When Elizabeth Pollock took over as the Champaign County public defender in 2022, one of her team’s attorneys was handling ...

Some counties don’t have as much revenue as others and so they just simply cannot afford to provide the resources that the public defenders need to do their jobs.” ...