Rep. Jeanne Ives joins the team to discuss Springfield's culture of harassment and indecency. How change it be changed?

Illinois House Speaker and Democrat Party Chairman Michael J. Madigan (D-Chicago) has reported $45,000 in July contributions to Terra Costa Howard, a Democrat running for the Illinois House of Representatives against incumbent Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard).

She’s nearly 20 years older than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes, the New York Democratic Socialist phenom fresh off the year’s biggest political upset. But in her quest to win a seat in the Illinois House, Glen Ellyn lawyer and political activist Terra Costa Howard is using the Ocasio-Cortes playbook, both in style and in substance.

Since April of 2013, DuPage Township has donated at least $459,812 worth of taxpayers' money.

Edgar County Watchdogs recently obtained records reflect former College of DuPage President Robert Breuder provided key talking points through his secretary who used a private email account.

Among Illinois counties, Boone, Montgomery and Bond had the highest percentage of property owners with mortgages who owe at least 25 percent more on their loans than their property is worth, according to an analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions looking at home equity at the end of the first quarter.

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Illinois state government leaders say they will spend a record $38.5 billion and borrow an estimated $11.5 billion over the next year, according to a fiscal year 2019 budget plan approved by Gov. Bruce Rauner.

Ten House Republicans, including State Rep. David Olsen (R-Downers Grove), voted in favor of a measure that would make female-only bathrooms, prisons, schools, and shelters unconstitutional, require women to serve in military combat roles and ban any public accommodation for pregnant women.

Five DuPage House Republicans, including House GOP Leader Jim Durkin, voted Tuesday for a measure Illinois' independent local gun stores say would put them out of business.

DuPage Airport Authority (“DAA”) Commissioner Juan Chavez has resigned from the West Chicago Civil Service Commission due to already holding an office at the DAA.

The Illinois House has passed a resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s proposed infrastructure plan, with Rep. Christine Winger (R-Wood Dale) among 13 GOP members abstaining from voting on the issue.

A political consulting firm owned by the Illinois Manufacturing Association and run by its longtime lobbyist and chief executive, Greg Baise, collected a record $1.91 million in fees during the first quarter of 2018, according to filings with the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Candidate Seth Lewis remains tight lipped on Equal Rights Amendment

Rep. David S. Olsen chooses to remain quiet on Equal Rights Amendment

A bill pending in Springfield would prohibit the state from denying illegal aliens professional licenses to practice law, teach, or dispense prescription drugs.

IL municipalities heading towards bankruptcy

Illinoisans of Italian, Mexican, French and Eastern European descent could be in line for top management jobs with one of the state's largest public pension systems if a bill becomes law.

The Illinois House of Representatives voted 91-1 Friday to spend $635,570 to build three "lactation and wellness" rooms at the state capitol in Springfield.

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is publicly preaching party unity on the campaign trail. But behind the scenes, Rauner is quietly leading an effort to purge conservatives from the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, which governs the party and has elections this month.