The Illinois Senate has passed a bill to prevent employers from firing migrant workers if their records don't match the ...

Following a Tribune inquiry, Illinois election officials told Senate President Don Harmon he accepted $4 million more in ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office came under intense scrutiny after an unarmed Black woman was shot and ...

Illinois K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new mascots to replace those that reference Native American names and imagery.

A bill that would reform the Prisoner Review Board passed the Illinois Senate on Thursday, aiming to protect victims and increase transparency about prisoner releases following years of controversy ...

The Senate bill calls for repealing one requirement in that law — that cannabis in a vehicle be kept in an “odor-proof” ...

A plan to require guns to be stored in safe storage when minors could be around passed the Illinois Senate Thursday.

The Illinois State Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that would ban cell phones in school classrooms.