Illinois Senate

Consumer advocates are pushing for a change to state law that would bar utilities from collecting money from customers for those expenditures, liability insurance covering executives and for the cost associated with filing rate cases.

Lawmakers to return to Capitol Nov. 7 to address lingering issues.

During Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair Thursday, state party leaders sought a message of unity ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

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.

Illinois becomes ninth state to ban military-style guns.

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.

Negotiators backed down from a plan that would have forced coal plants to close by 2035.

State senators questioned health officials about inconsistencies and delays in vaccine distribution.

Legislators and lobbyists will once again fill Illinois' capitol this week, as the General Assembly returns from a two-week break. This is the time the…