Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in US history, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison over ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday his name was not among those of Midwestern officials kept on lists by the 57-year-old man charged with assassinating the Democratic leader of the Minnesota House ...

Former Republican Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh announced Tuesday he is formally joining the Democratic Party because “the stakes are simply too high to NOT become a Democrat.” “Let’s start with the obvious ...

Democrats and Republicans alike said they are horrified by the shootings early Saturday of two Minnesota lawmakers and their ...