G.H. Merritt explains that under the U.S. Constitution, you need approval from both the state legislature and Congress for ...

At Wednesday’s meeting of the 104th Illinois General Assembly, the House Republican Caucus staged a walkout, including Vermilion County representative, Brandun Schweizer. The walkout was in protest of ...

() - Aaron Del Mar, while speaking at a Lincoln Day Dinner in Lincoln, Illinois, hosted by the Logan County Republicans, ...

5 On Your Side's political editor Mark Maxwell sat down with IL Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Belleville). What is the oldest city in ...

President Donald Trump will pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. That's according to a person familiar with his plans ...

Illinois House Democrats approved a resolution Wednesday condemning President Donald Trump for pardoning people convicted of ...

Blagojevich, who appeared on Trump's reality TV show, "Celebrity Apprentice," was convicted in 2011 and sentenced for 14 years. He served eight years before Trump, a Republican, cut short his term.

A small legislative group calling itself the Illinois Freedom Caucus criticizes Republican Party leadership in the state.

JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democrats. Illinois Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives are praising the action. “Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson have ...

There is a difference between dismantling federal agencies in cruel and chaotic ways while claiming, without proof, that you ...

Senate Bill 1699 would require the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) to submit a detailed annual report to lawmakers on how much the state spends on services and resources for non-citizens.