Parents are pressuring lawmakers to breathe life back into a private school scholarship program likely to be eliminated by cuts proposed in Gov. J.B. Pritzker's new budget.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is attempting to rescue a private school scholarship program from being eliminated under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed budget.

State Rep. Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) has signed legislation that, if passed, would guarantee that the General Assembly only passes tax hikes when entirely necessary.

House Speaker Michael Madigan used his absolute power over the legislative process to move legislation to the floor on Friday that exchanges Illinois’ constitutionally mandated flat income tax with a progressive tax.

A cut in Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed budget that threatens private school access to thousands of Illinois children may be scuttled if a bipartisan rescue bill passes the legislature.

Peter Breen still does not know how state Rep. Terra Costa-Howard (D-Lombard) can justify attacking people in her district merely for defending their religious beliefs.

William Krug donated $1,000 to Roger C. Claar's election campaign committee, Citizens for Claar, on May 23, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Voter registration data shows Bloomingdale Township Precinct 30, Bloomingdale Township Precinct 12 and Downers Grove Township Precinct 84 are area precincts ranked among the Illinois precincts with the most Independent voters

The following political organizations received the most campaign contributions in Illinois during the week of May 6.

Voter registration data shows Bloomingdale Township Precinct 30, Bloomingdale Township Precinct 12 and Downers Grove Township Precinct 84 are area precincts ranked among the DuPage County precincts with the most Independent voters

Republican state Rep. Amy Grant (Wheaton) thinks the “fetal heartbeat” bill recently signed into law by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is the kind of legislation needed across the U.S.

Republican House Rep. Amy Grant (Wheaton) thinks taxpayers have understandably had enough.

The following political organizations received the most campaign contributions in DuPage County during the week of May 6.

An analysis of the most recent voter registration data shows women vote more than men at York Township Precinct 58, Downers Grove Township Precinct 72 and Bloomingdale Township Precinct 45 in Illinois.

House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Burr Ridge) says that tax increases are not necessary to achieve a balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2020.

An analysis of the most recent voter registration data shows women vote more than men at York Township Precinct 58 in DuPage County.

An analysis of the most recent voter registration data shows men vote more than women at York Township Precinct 17 in DuPage County.

Legislation that would extend state student aid eligibility to undocumented immigrants, on the governor's desk unsigned for about a week, will not be any easier to fund than the current program, State Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) said during a recent interview.

House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Burr Ridge) said at a press conference last Wednesday that there was no reason to raise taxes for the Fiscal Year 2020 in order to balance the budget.

Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) spoke in opposition of a bill that opens up funding to more individuals for college.