Illinois Politics

As many as 770,000 Illinoisans could lose health coverage under GOP federal budget plan, according to the Democratic governor.

The finding comes after Gov. JB Pritzker proposed to defund the larger of the two programs at his Budget Address last week.

The Democratic governor also peppered his seventh budget blueprint — which Republicans derided as the largest in state history — with key policy proposals for the upcoming fiscal year.

It’s not unusual for annual projections to show deficits in future years. Projections could change by the time Pritzker delivers his budget proposal on Feb. 19.

In November, Madison County in the Metro East became the first nonrural county to pass a symbolic secession referendum.

The surprise testimony offers window into the ex-speaker's famously closed world.

Under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration and a GOP-controlled Congress, the Illinois Republican is hoping to fix problems with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Granite City Electoral Board ruled in favor of a local resident who had filed objections against Baumgartner and a second mayoral candidate, Kim Benda, for violating the Illinois Election Code.

The biggest political guessing game in Illinois is whether Durbin will seek a sixth term in 2026.

Budzinski, a Springfield Democrat who was elected to the 13th Congressional District seat in 2022, was called to testify about a scheme in which Madigan allegedly agreed to help then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis secure a paid seat on a government board in 2018 and 2019.