WBUR's newsroom reviewed the whirlwind of executive orders, directives, counter-actions and lawsuits over the past three-plus ...

With the city facing a projected budget shortfall next year exceeding $1 billion, Mayor Brandon Johnson is looking to the General Assembly for help.

Authorities say they believe a crash through an Illinois after-school building that killed three children and one teenager wasn’t targeted. Police say a car left the road, traveled through a ...

Four children were killed and several more were injured when a car smashed through a building during an after-school program Monday afternoon in a town outside of Springfield, Illinois, police said.

With five weeks to go in the spring session, Mayor Brandon Johnson is hoping to revive a tax on prepaid cell phones and ...

Since 2019, 11 now-former lawmakers have been convicted of crimes, but strengthening Illinois’ ethical safeguards is not at ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said he won’t seek re-election to his seat which will clear the way for a wide open race to replace him within the Democratic party.

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace faced criticism over the legal wrangling concerning universities and allegations of antisemitism during a town hall at a private, gated island ...

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade career ...