REDISTRICTING DE JOUR: The redistricting battle isn’t just a Texas or California thing. The fight has returned to draw political maps in Illinois, too — and two veterans of the Obama administration are leading the charge.

The ingredients are there for No. 12 Illinois to emerge from years of mediocrity and make a run into the 12-team College Football Playoff.

Fair Maps Illinois” marks the third attempt since 2014 to reduce heavy partisan influence in how Illinois district boundaries are drawn following the once-per-decade census.

The trip marks the Illinois senator's 12th trip to Asia and 14th congressional member delegation trip since 2018.

The Proud Boys, a far-right group linked to violence and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, originally bought the billboard along Old U.S. Highway 50 near Breese Central Community High School. Parents and community leaders in Breese condemned the extremist group’s attempt to recruit teenagers through the roadside advertisement.

Illinois drivers will face new testing and reporting rules. House Bill 1226 lowers the age when drivers must renew their licenses in person from 79 to 75. The bill also expands who can report unsafe drivers to the Secretary of State. SPRINGFIELD - Illinois ...

Clinton County Board Chair Brad Knolhoff told Capitol News Illinois he’d received calls and emails and had asked the county state’s attorney to review what, if anything, the county can do.

The Illinois Governor has signed House Bill 2589, which requires pharmacists to sell sterile hypodermic needles to patients who need them for medication. Essentially, the law shifts the sale from a discretionary choice to a required,

The 11-year-old was last seen in Moline on August 21, 1996, getting into a gray vehicle with a man in his early 20s with brown, curly hair. Trudy has still not been found, but authorities have now charged a man with her murder.

Illinois has launched a new program to make it easier to apply for college, and also to help more Illinois students get into school.

A pair of New Jersey energy companies facing enforcement actions brought by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul are the latest to sue him over his office’s use of private law firms to pursue state business.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law opening student financial aid to all residents, opening a pathway for illegal immigrants residing in the state to receive educational financial