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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Senate Democrats on Friday approved legislative district maps...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Democrats are pushing to redraw legislative district...

Pritzker touts Time to Drive for tourism despite gas price JOHN OCONNOR, AP Political Writer May 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a press conference at the Illinois Department of Transportation in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The splashy, $6 million Illinois tourism campaign Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled this month, “Time for Me to Drive,” set to the 1970s REO Speedwagon mega-hit and touting hot spots from historic Galena...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — In the summer of 1952, the International Amphitheater in...

Report: LaSalle virus crisis response reactive and chaotic JOHN OCONNOR, AP Political Writer April 30, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Terry Prince, Gov. J.B. Pritzkers designee as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses changes in administration, communication, policies and infection control that he and others at the agency are implementing in response to a COVID-19 outbreak last fall at the LaSalle Veterans Home.John OConnor/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3Ter...

Court order boosts funding plea as lawmakers build budget JOHN OCONNOR, AP Political Writer April 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Tyrone T., left, and Jack L., discuss their jobs which have been on hold because of the COVID 19 pandemic in this April 1, 2021, photo at the Springfield, Ill., group home they live in operated by Sparc, an agency devoted to assisting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A state study prompted by a federal consent decree reports t...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials are following the lead of...

In fireworks-wary Illinois, fountain sparklers are debated Sign In JOHN OCONNOR, AP Political Writer April 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3This photo provided by Philip Zaleski, Illinois Fire Safety Alliance Executive Director, shows ground based sparklers in Huntley, Ill., on March 30, 2021. Fireworks enthusiasts want Illinois lawmakers to loosen some of the nations stricter laws by legalizing backyard ground-based sparklers called "fountains." The bill sponsored by Democratic ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The hand-picked successor to former House Speaker Michael...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat who set much of Illinois...