Alissa Groeninger

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday proposed making it tougher to approve increases in pension benefits for public workers throughout Illinois, an idea immediately opposed by the...

SPRINGFIELD — A local government that gives an ex-lawmaker a fat paycheck would have to pick up the costs of any automatic increase in his state pension under a proposal...

SPRINGFIELD — A local government that gives an ex-lawmaker a fat paycheck would have to pick up the costs of any automatic increase in his state pension under a proposal...

— The Illinois Senate passed legislation Wednesday requiring online dating sites to say whether they perform criminal background checks on prospective members. "They're doing business in Illinois. They should protect...

Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday called for a Chicago lawmaker facing federal bribery charges to quit on the eve of a House hearing that could lead to punishment ranging from...

The Illinois House on Wednesday approved a bill to abolish the oft-abused legislative scholarship program, a day after a Democratic state senator caught up in a scholarship scandal lost a...