Politics

Reacting to this week's sweeping guilty verdicts in the ComEd Four trial, some state lawmakers are demanding tough new ethics reform.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he’s thankful that “Illinois law enforcement can continue to enforce the ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines and assault weapons while this case makes its way through the courts.”

The legislation has passed both chambers and now heads to the desk of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who said he looks forward to signing it.

Could the historic Pullman neighborhood's old flagship hotel once again welcome guests?

The Illinois attorney general says a downstate abortion ordinance violates state law.

While Illinois' public universities are celebrating the governor's proposal to increase state funding by seven percent, there is a push for additional funds.

Federal jurors on Tuesday reached a guilty verdict in the case against four former political power players who were labeled "grand masters of corruption" for their alleged conspiracy to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to benefit ComEd.

Lawmakers in Indiana have sent the governor a bill with funding to train teachers who volunteer to carry a gun.

Supporters of the change say it would help deter predatory traffic stops.

The letter said that Texas is planning to resume sending busloads of migrants from Texas to other parts of the country -- including Chicago -- next week.

Scott Wehrli beat Benny White and replaces outgoing mayor Steve Chirico.

The Illinois delegation is asking congress for $75 million to pay for the 2024 Democratic National Convention to be held in Chicago next summer.

A federal judge in Illinois has granted a temporary injunction blocking the enforcement of a gun law that bans some semiautomatic rifles as well as high-capacity magazines.