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 ...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Illinois among 19 states sue Trump, Treasury to halt DOGE access, by POLITICO’s Josh Gerstein and Emily Ngo Illinois joins in accusing Trump administration of continuing to block federal climate ...