Democrats currently control two-thirds of all seats in the Illinois General Assembly — 78 of 118 in the House and 40 of 59 in ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five Illinois voters have filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map drawn in 2021 SPRINGFIELD ...

President Trump says he wants Congress to close the Department of Education. So, how much do Illinois schools rely on federal ...

Their maps typically made districts safer by stocking ... North Carolina is hardly an outlier. In Illinois, a state dominated by Democrats, no congressional election was within a five-point ...

Illinois republican lawmakers have asked the state’s Supreme Court to throw out the current legislative map that they claim favors Democrats in elections. House ...

The House education committee is charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy. But at a recent meeting, partisan differences were on full display.

But while most Illinoisans live in Democratic districts, the majority of the ... The language in those referenda would create a new state. That would require congressional approval and the approval of ...

Republicans have been winning an asymmetric war over district lines for decades. To preserve democracy, their opponents will have to fight back.

With federal funding in jeopardy for wind farms, solar power and electric vehicles, here's a look at strategies Illinois ...

Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out $7.34 billion because, as noted above, they pick up 90% of the total tab, ...

State lines rarely change. If it were to happen, the process would get complicated. Extremely complicated. Undaunted by the logistics, Indiana Republican state legislators are inviting counties in ...