Emanuel "Chris" Welch, a Hillside Democrat, said lawmakers gave the Regional Transportation Authority power to raise the ...

Illinois lawmakers approved legislation banning civil immigration arrests in and around state courthouses early Friday morning.

A closely-watched and long-debated piece of energy legislation is set to become law after passing through both legislative chambers with the governor's endorsement.

Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie joined ChicagoLIVE's Anita Blanton to provide a Republican perspective on a new plan that will fund Chicago-area transit agencies without new statewide ...

Amid increased public calls for Illinois elected officials to more strongly push back against the Trump administration’s sometimes-violent crackdown on immigrants in the Chicago region, the Illinois ...

The heart of the transit funding package is a decision to use all state motor fuel sales taxes to fund mass transit instead of sending that cash to the Road Fund.

Illinois’s legion of leftist lawmakers passed legislation on Friday that’d ban immigration authorities from arresting illegal aliens in and around state courthouses. The bill would also allow […] ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois stands to become the next state that would permit doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives after the controversial measure cleared its final legislative hurdle ...

During a Friday news conference at City Hall, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley said federal immigration agents have "blatantly violated the rights of Chicagoans since they arrived in our city." ...

The bill would allow individuals to request and self-administer medication to end their lives. According to the bill, anyone requesting medically assisted suicide must be at least 18 years old, a ...

“They are literally targeting people who are brown and Black, whether you are undocumented or not, and they are tackling ...

Dear Kid Whisperer, We have a community water park that we go to multiple times per week. We usually bring at least one of my 10-year-old daughter’s friends from the neighborhoo ...