After a four-day break, the defense geared up to begin cross examination on Tuesday morning in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's federal corruption trial.

Illinois Senate Republicans called on Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker to promise not to raise taxes to address a projected budget ...

Now that there is a Republican majority in the next Congress, it’s time for the party to bare its internal fault lines. That ...

President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his next secretary of the Department of Homeland ...

Republicans renominated Jon Burns of Newington as speaker, traditionally the second-most influential post in state government ...

Lawmakers are back in town this week for the start of what’s called the “lame duck,” the eight-week sprint to finish up this ...

After a big election night that saw Republicans grow their majorities, GOP lawmakers have reelected Jack Whitver and Pat ...

The Manhattan Beach Library’s new Speaker Series launches this weekend with a talk from alpinist, photographer and author ...

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has hired a new law firm to investigate how passwords to Colorado’s voting machines ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik and Sen. Marco Rubio moved from hawkish internationalists to views more in line with those of ...

“Fraud and irregularity” were “limited” this time, House Speaker Mike Johnson said during a Tuesday press conference. The ...

At the gathering inside the state Capitol, Republicans renominated Jon Burns of Newington Tuesday as speaker, a position that ...