Two Democratic leaders in the Illinois Senate openly expressed their disagreement this week about Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposal to allow community colleges to offer four-year bachelor’s degree programs ...

Senate Bill 1531 in Illinois has passed and will ban disposable food containers composed in whole or in part of polystyrene ...

The Illinois Senate unanimously passed a bill intended to control deer population by making it easier for residents to obtain ...

Bill would ban styrofoam containers Beginning in 2030, polystyrene foam disposable food containers would be banned in ...

Barack Obama says he wouldn't have been a U.S. senator or president without the support of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who has ...

The Illinois Senate unanimously passed a bill Thursday to give landowners and farmers more flexibility to hunt deer on their ...

The House Republican is weighing whether to make a bid for the seat held for decades by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who’s ...

Illinois farmers may soon be able to act when deer damage their crops. The Illinois Senate has approved legislation which ...

The endorsement came just a day after Stratton announced her candidacy and two days after Durbin announced he would not seek ...

an 80-year-old who was first elected to the Senate in 1996, announced he would not seek re-election in 2026. She was endorsed last week by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. "Juliana has not only proven ...

The Illinois Senate Education Committee approved a plan Tuesday to expand access to dual language education programs.

Members of the Illinois Senate Republican Caucus sent a letter April 22 to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting federal ...