When reviewing nonprofit tax filings from the nine private colleges and universities that have operated in Northeastern ...

Lawmakers convicted of felonies tied to their government jobs, like ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, are banned from ...

After a four-month trial featuring more than 60 witnesses, followed by nearly 65 hours of deliberations, a federal jury this morning found former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan guilty of ...

Chicago Public Schools hired a financial advisory firm to provide an outside opinion on the district’s economic challenges as CPS faces daunting financial choices prioritized by Mayor Brandon Johnson, ...

The verdicts end a months-long federal trial for one of the most powerful political figures in Illinois, He didn’t have the ...

BUDGET OR BUST: It’s do-or-die time for Speaker Mike Johnson. At 10 a.m., the House Budget Committee marks up leadership’s budget resolution as Johnson practically dares a small cadre of intransigent ...

But a handful of GOP hardliners aren’t satisfied. Earlier Wednesday, Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., one of the fiscal ...

Ben Bradley, WGN-TV investigative reporter, joins Lisa Dent to give the latest news on the jury’s decision in the Madigan ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) didn’t rule out a full-year stopgap to keep the government funded through the end of the fiscal ...

The House committee with authority over Medicaid is tasked with saving $880 billion to finance lower taxes for corporations ...

A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of some charges Wednesday in a mixed ...

The House speaker doesn’t seem to care too much that there are supposed to be three equal branches of government.