Christi Parsons

A day after a federal corruption investigation reached his inner circle, a beleaguered Gov. George Ryan Wednesday unveiled a $46.5 billion budget plan to the legislature that attempted to turn...

Denouncing a system that is "so fraught with error and has come so close to the ultimate nightmare," Gov. George Ryan declared a moratorium Monday on the death penalty in...

Citing evidence that thousands of nursing home patients diagnosed with psychiatric illnesses are receiving inadequate care, the Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to require stricter standards and, for the first...

After a year and a half of remission, Illinois Atty. Gen. Jim Ryan on Tuesday announced that doctors have found a small cancerous growth in a gland near his jaw....

under a proposed bill, Holocaust survivors who receive reparation awards for money and property they lost years ago would not have to pay state income taxes on the awards. The...

Drunken drivers, drug traffickers and juvenile delinquents in Illinois will either have to change their ways or face new, tougher penalties that take effect on Friday. At the same time,...

Each day before the Illinois House gets down to business, a member of the clergy offers a prayer for guidance and inspiration. Sometimes, the prayer mentions the issues of the...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Peter Fitzgerald on Monday enjoyed the support of members of a voter base many moderate Republicans feared he might alienate--white, suburban women. During a gathering in...

Two men who have served in both the Chicago City Council and prison were hoping that Wednesday brought them a step closer to political redemption. In Springfield, Ald. Walter Burnett...

Reporters and television camera crews have spent so much time breathlessly broadcasting live from the White House lawn during the Clinton calamity that they wore out the grass and turned...