Christi Parsons

The state's new school funding package may have been billed as a way to funnel more money to poor schoolchildren in Illinois but it actually could benefit diverse districts in...

Minutes after Gov. Jim Edgar signed new drunken driving legislation into law on Wednesday, the Illinois State Police sent a dispatch to every police agency in the state, alerting them...

A federal judge tentatively approved a settlement Tuesday between state health officials and the American Civil Liberties Union, requiring changes in hospital procedures at state mental hospitals and better training...

James Heiple has a stubborn streak as long as the stand of trees on his rural hideaway, which year by year and acre by acre he has slowly converted from...

A bill to outlaw a late-term abortion procedure in Illinois passed a Senate committee Tuesday, following spirited testimony from activists but little discussion by lawmakers. Members of the Judiciary Committee...

Politicians promise to do a lot of things if they're elected. Cut taxes. Fight crime. Improve schools. Very few promise that, if elected, they will fly. But that's exactly what...

After lawmakers spent the summer criticizing the operations of the Illinois Department of Corrections, state officials responded by appointing a panel of experts to scrutinize the prisons. But now critics...

Recently released videotape of serial killer Richard Speck allegedly doing drugs, having sex with other inmates and bragging about an easy prison life has infuriated state lawmakers and prompted an...

Few bills under consideration by the General Assembly have upset more people this spring than an obscure measure dealing with horses. In the grand scheme, it means very little to...

Dick Durbin has likely raised more money than any other Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in the March 19 primary, but some people are starting to wonder why he...