Feds say Michael Madigan should get 12½ years in prison
Madigan wielded the speaker’s gavel in Springfield for 36 years. Now he’s bracing to learn his fate June 13, when he’s due to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge John…
Pritzker threatens to veto any budget containing 'broad-based' tax increase
Revenue projections have dropped below Pritzker’s proposed spending plan SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday he will not sign a budget that includes broad tax hikes to fund new…
Lawmakers seek to reverse Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel
Student protesters stand in front of pro-Palestinian protest posters at Main Quadrangle on the University of Chicago campus on May 6, 2024, in Chicago. A growing number of state lawmakers…