Chicago aldermen reject a measure to limit the mayor’s borrowing. A resident calls it unfair to black, brown, and white residents while new arrivals get red carpets.

Sentencing is scheduled next Monday, July 21, for former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore after she was convicted of conspiracy, bribery and falsifying records in connection with a scheme to bribe former ...

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

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 ...

Senators hunkered down Monday to consider proposed amendments to President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending ...

Republican Ken Paxton is challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn instead of seeking another term as Texas attorney general.

Up all night, House Republicans voted pre-dawn Thursday to advance President Donald Trump's tax and spending cuts package, ...

Defying President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed his close ally, Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, to the vacant Chief ...

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

Kevin Hassett, Trump’s longest-serving economic adviser, is a leading contender to become the next Federal Reserve chairman, ...

As Republicans push to pass President Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has a stark ...

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