Illinois House of Representatives

Lawmakers will return to Springfield on April 18 for a final one-month stretch in which the measures can be amended, defeated or sent to the governor.

Representatives were racing to beat a Friday deadline to get bills out of the chamber, with about two months left in the spring legislative session.

Recently, Stuart had to cancel a “constituent coffee” event in Collinsville because of threats related to this bill.

Ranked choice voting has a long history in U.S. elections at the municipal level. But it has become more widely adopted in modern times, including in several states and dozens of municipalities.

The proposed bill would establish privacy and safety standards for bathrooms without a posted gender.

About six months after the Highland Park mass shooting, Illinois lawmakers advanced a bill to ban assault weapons.

As the eighth most populous county in the state, Madison would be the largest with a secession referendum on the ballot. Illinoisans who want to secede see the Metro East county as a tipping point for their movement to break free from Chicago’s political influence.

Black Democrats from East St. Louis have held the 114th seat in the Illinois House for the last 47 years.

After receiving approval from both the Illinois House and Senate, a bill to form a task force to find solutions for metal theft has been signed into law…

The Illinois House is considering whether to ban law enforcement agencies in the state from requiring officers to meet traffic ticket quotas.The measure…