Since 2014 alone, voters in 11 suburban Cook County communities approved term limits on elected leaders. A bill in the Illinois General Assembly seeks to curb those reforms.
Local law enforcement will can take temporary custody of pets left in life-threatening weather conditions.
The bill would make it easier for McHenry County residents to dissolve the county’s 17 townships at the ballot box – and find tax relief through cost savings.
Burke has served on the Chicago City Council for nearly 50 years, and has long been the subject of ethical complaints from government watchdogs.
After narrowly clearing the Senate, the Illinois House of Representatives failed to override Gov. Rauner’s veto of a bill to make 21 the legal age to buy tobacco.
After unanimous approval from the Illinois House of Representatives, the Illinois Senate has remained conspicuously silent on a bill meant to address one man’s dominance of a little-known network of government authorities.
A bill that would raise the legal age to 21 for purchasing tobacco and e-cigarette products will return to the Illinois House of Representatives after Senate lawmakers overrode Gov. Rauner’s veto.
It’s understandable that Illinoisans complain about longstanding “Democrat rule” in the state legislature. But the real problem might be more about personnel than partisanship.
Illinois House Rep.-elect Anne Stava-Murray is making an unprecedented call to dump the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history.
House Speaker Mike Madigan has drawn Illinois’ legislative maps for three of the past four decades.
Chicago’s inspector general unveiled a litany of misconduct by city employees and contractors.
The speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives remains a key campaign issue despite national headlines.
The governor issued a pair of executive orders aimed at improving ethics and efficiency in state government.
A class-action lawsuit claims Chicago’s red-light camera program fails to provide ticketed motorists with information required by state law.