The man accused of shooting an Illinois State Trooper will face a jury in August. Cristobal Santana was back in the courtroom ...

Just one day into her campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Friday ...

Standing outside the Bright Star Church amid a backdrop of supporters in her native Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, Stratton on Friday framed herself as a Democrat who would take on ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has been introducing himself to larger audiences recently, but he maintains his focus is on Illinois.

A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, after a jury deadlocked ...

As potential candidates to replace U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin make announcements, talk about making announcements or are simply part of the speculation, Durbin said Thursday that whoever wants to succeed ...

From the back porch of his home where he launched his successful bid for Senate back in 1995, Senator Durbin talked about his ...

It’s the first trial of a sitting state lawmaker since former state Rep. Derrick Smith, who was found guilty of bribery by a ...

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is the first Democrat to step into what is expected to be a crowded race to fill U.S. Sen. Dick ...

Standing on his backyard deck Thursday – the same place where he declared his 1996 candidacy for U.S. Senate – Illinois’ ...

Sen. Dick Durbin announces he will not run for another term in the Senate at a news conference at his home in Springfield ...

On a list of the five American cities with the highest property taxes, the first four are all in Illinois, according to a new ...