The convictions of Michael Madigan and Ed Burke, two of the most powerful figures in Illinois politics, are not just scandals ...

The verdicts end a months-long federal trial for one of the most powerful political figures in Illinois, He didn’t have the ...

FLOODING THE ZONE: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson followed through on comments he made the other day about axing members of ...

Other important factors may have saved California’s laws so far. SB 54 already survived a court challenge from Trump’s first ...

President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for Rod Blagojevich on Monday, five years after commuting the former governor’s ...

Trump may have started in Illinois because, as California Attorney General Rob Bonta ’s office told Playbook, the Golden ...

SHOCK AND AWE: President Donald Trump’s Justice Department filed suit Thursday against Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle for ...

The suit challenges state and local laws that limit police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.

Power move: Republicans have little weight in Springfield, but their walkout grated on Democrats who accused them of shirking their jobs to represent constituents.

And Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said President Donald Trump’s actions are “well outside the purview of the executive office,” adding, “These are unprecedented attempts to defund childcare or to ...

The Democratic governor was convicted on corruption charges related to filling former President Barack Obama's Senate seat.