Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein. He said in an interview with

After a 43-day shutdown, Congress passed a budget deal to reopen the federal government. Illinois politicians are reacting to the news.

The Illinois State Senate passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state. The legislation (SB 1950 ), known as the "End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act,” would authorize medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults in Illinois if signed into law by Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Some of the 22 candidates vying for their party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Dick Durbin say their focus is on kitchen

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused a Senate staffer in Democratic Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s office of impersonating an attorney in an effort to spring a repeatedly deported illegal immigrant from federal custody.

The Illinois Senate passed a bill late Thursday night to develop a new horse racing track in Macon County. Yet, House Democratic leaders chose to send members home without voting

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Illinois Democrat Mike Quigley, who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, about his opposition to the Senate-brokered shutdown deal.

The Illinois General Assembly passed a compromise bill to fund public transportation, including CTA, Metra and Pace, with the majority of the money going to the Chicago area.

The state passed the legislation during a veto session after months of lobbying from advocacy groups, but some concerns over planning provisions and consumer costs linger.

Maine, said Monday that critics of his vote on a deal to end the shutdown were falsely stirred up to believe the shutdown is "the be-all and the end-all to discipline Donald Trump."