Illinois Politics

Illinois becomes ninth state to ban military-style guns.

Gov. JB Pritzker was sworn in to his second term Monday with the state’s other constitutional officers, promising a bold and ambitious agenda for the next four years.

Legal advocates discuss the future of the law to eliminate cash bail in Illinois, now that the state Supreme Court has halted its implementation.

While U.S. Reps. Mike Bost and Nikki Budzinski are in lockstep with their parties, Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois’ 15th District is one of 20 GOP members not voting for Kevin McCarthy for House speaker.

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.

For the first time in its history, the state’s high court is made up of a majority of women judges. And it’s by a 5-2 margin.

At the end of the Illinois Legislature's veto session, lawmakers passed an amendment to the SAFE-T Act on Thursday.

As a state task force works to ready justice system, amendments could be forthcoming.

In the past, residents needed to submit an application for a mail-in ballot for each individual election, but now they avoid that by filing an application for permanent vote-by-mail status with their local election authority.

The bipartisan matchup at Busch Stadium was put on to "celebrate the bi-state, bipartisan cooperation that makes the St. Louis metro strong."