Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is raising alarm over an expected move to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. A Republican state legislator is excited. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order soon to direct his new education secretary to start the process of closing the federal agency.

Local Republican lawmakers are upset that Democrats plan to pass a bill this spring to create state oversight for homeschooling.

The U.S. Constitution gives federal law authority over conflicting state law, but state lawmakers have some means to push back.

President Donald Trump is set to outline his policy agenda in a speech to Congress on Tuesday night. It comes just over a month into his second term — which has brought an onslaught of cuts to federal spending,

Democratic lawmakers’ reactions to the president’s speech this week showed the wide divide within the party on whether — and how — to channel the growing outrage among their base.

The Trump administration filed to join a legal challenge to an Illinois law that requires many nonprofit groups to disclose data about race, gender and other demographics.

Top Illinois Democrats led by Gov. JB Pritzker and Dick Durbin made public appeal for help in the fight against potential cuts to Medicaid.

INDIANA (WTHR and WFIE) - A plan to have several Illinois counties join Indiana has advanced to the Indiana Senate. House Bill 1008 passed out of the House on Thursday. It now heads to the Indiana Senate, where it has been sponsored by Sen. Scott Baldwin (R-District 20).

The Illinois Supreme Court looks poised to review the state’s legislative maps and whether they were illegally drawn to favor Democrats.

The Illinois Democrat addresses ... the opposition party needs to focus, stay disciplined and not be distracted by Trump’s firehose. Democratic lawmakers and leaders are taking fire from their ...