While almost nobody was looking, the General Assembly passed a bill that would boost the pensions of Chicago police and fire workers, with absolutely no way to pay for it. Potential GOP challengers ...

Earlier this year, GOP lawmakers in Kansas ended the state’s practice of accepting mail ballots up to three days after ...

Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville said Monday that President Trump’s recently signed “big beautiful bill” should ...

The Art Institute, Chicago’s most celebrated cultural institution, sits on the city’s front porch. Yet, it was not there when ...

A CNBC Special Report looks into the possible impacts the “one big, beautiful” bill could have on higher education, charitable giving and the deficit.

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The news comes as Ken Paxton is running for U.S. Senate in next spring’s GOP primary against incumbent John Cornyn.

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As the measure heads back to the House for approval, Democratic activists are now focusing their efforts on the three Republican members of the Illinois delegation, despite their allegiances to ...

Anyone who lives in Chicago knows not a 4th of July goes by without fireworks booming across the city. However, it is illegal ...

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a recent interview weighed in on the passage of the “big, beautiful bill,” suggesting it ...