Kim Geiger

Gov. Bruce Rauner continued the political posturing ahead of state lawmakers' return to the Capitol on Wednesday, accusing Democrats of standing in the way of a stopgap budget deal by...

Illinois lawmakers will return to Springfield on Wednesday, nearly a month since they departed the Capitol after ending the spring session without agreement on a budget for state government. Democratic...

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said Monday he is "going to run again" in 2018, but acknowledged Democrats could pick up Illinois House seats in November and warned that could turn...

As Illinois government has lurched along for nearly a year without a formal budget, women who rely on state services have been among those suffering the most. Frozen out of...

Illinois borrowed $550 million on Thursday to fund mass transit and road construction projects, paying a price in the bond market for its worst-in-the-nation credit rating and record-setting budget impasse....

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday asserted that his administration has been "heroic" in keeping state government afloat as he presides over a historic, yearlong budget impasse that has deprived...

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said Tuesday that he has not exercised his powers to call the General Assembly into special session because that would be "a waste of time," even...

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday vetoed a measure approved by Democratic lawmakers in April that would spend nearly $4 billion on higher education and human services for the current...

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, who in recent days has labeled Democratic leaders corrupt and accused Mayor Rahm Emanuel of failing to stand up to House Speaker Michael Madigan, called Wednesday...

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday said his "one major disappointment" in office has been Mayor Rahm Emanuel's failure to stand up to Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan and help...