The Trump administration's plan to dismantle the US Department of Education has caused intense arguments in the Illinois ...

Ill., joined nine other Democratic senators in voting for the measure Friday, but he said there was "very little" he liked about it. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., voted against it, saying she refuses ...

A GOP funding bill passed the Senate on Friday in a vote that narrowly averted a government shutdown hours before the ...

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...

A group of House Republicans on Friday put forward legislation seeking to prevent Chinese students from studying in American ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has called on Senate Democrats “to stand up and do the right thing” and vote no on the GOP-backed stop-gap bill that would avert a looming government ...

Illinois is among about a dozen states that have little or no homeschooling oversight. Some advocates want to do something ...

State Rep. Bill Hauter, a Republican, is among the latest of Illinois lawmakers to propose legislation that would regulate ...

A playbook for Democrat governors promotes templates for executive orders to oppose Trump deportation and other policies.

At least seven Democrats, who have been divided on their shutdown strategy, will need to join with Republicans for the measure to clear a key procedural hurdle.

Illinois Republicans propose bills to lower property taxes, which are currently the second highest in the nation, amid a mass ...