Kim Geiger

House Democrats and Republicans temporarily set down their arms Friday as they attempted to nudge closer to an agreement to end a budget impasse now in its third year, even...

Senate Republican leader Christine Radogno announced her resignation Thursday, another sign of the lack of progress at the Capitol as Illinois teeters toward a third year without a comprehensive spending...

During a special session that's costing taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars a day without any results, both Democrats and Republicans are talking up the idea of compromise without publicly...

Medicaid patients are going back to court Wednesday to ask a federal judge to require the state of Illinois to start making $1 billion in monthly payments to the program...

Several days into a special session on the budget, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who run the legislature have made no progress toward an agreement to end the yearslong...

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats orchestrated a brief reprieve from their fighting Friday as they touted a new law to crack down on repeat gun offenders. Rauner inked his...

Republican lawmakers Thursday put forward a new plan to overhaul the state's education funding system and send less money to Chicago Public Schools than a competing proposal from Democrats, who...

Lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Wednesday after being whistled back for a special session on the budget by Gov. Bruce Rauner, and it quickly became apparent that not much...

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner often points out that despite the state budget impasse, elementary and high schools are better off than when he took office, thanks to a $750 million...

Pressure for a deal to break the historic two-year budget impasse started to build Thursday as Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner summoned lawmakers back to the Capitol and Senate President John...