Ashley Rueff

Illinois' leading lawmakers privately circulated their own proposal for a new public records law Wednesday that would essentially gut months of work by interest groups attempting to strengthen the state's...

Video poker has long been a wink-and-a-nod business for bars, restaurants and social clubs across the state, but now Illinois lawmakers want to legalize gambling on the machines and tap...

After months of promises, public testimony and posturing, good-government advocates and top leaders of the legislature are in the throes of negotiating a package to reform an Illinois government steeped...

Hundreds more high school athletes throughout Illinois soon could be tested randomly for performance-enhancing drugs at any point during their seasons under a measure that sailed through the General Assembly...

SPRINGFIELD -- Thousands of politically connected workers would be swept from the top state agency jobs or board appointments they got from scandal-tarnished ex-Govs. George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich under...

SPRINGFIELD -- An automatic 2.8 percent raise for elected state officials would be blocked this summer under a measure that advanced Wednesday in the House. The legislation, sponsored by Speaker...

Delivering its final suggestions on how to clean up state government, a reform group took aim Tuesday at curbing the power of the small band of legislative leaders who rule...

SPRINGFIELD -- The head of Gov. Pat Quinn's anti-corruption commission looked into the eyes of the legislature's top leaders at the Illinois Capitol and said nothing less than a sweeping...

A prominent advocate for minority businesses was sentenced Monday to 19 months in federal prison on fraud charges for falsely claiming he was assisting companies in getting state contracts while...

A reform group charged with lassoing Illinois' Wild West approach to politics said Tuesday it's time to set limits on how much campaign cash candidates can collect and who can...