The idea of Chicago casting a long shadow over Downstate politics came up again in the race for Belleville mayor between ...

Former Commonwealth Edison insiders accused of bribing ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) are asking a Chicago ...

Organizers need about 328,000 signatures to get on the state ballot and 52,000 for Chicago. A signature-gathering kickoff event is planned for April 30.

His Black Excellence in Bleu has raised more than $1 million since it was formed last year, some of that from groups with a ...

The next time Illinois state lawmakers want to restrict corrupting influences, they should look at public sector unions.

The latest Rich States, Poor States report from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) places Illinois among the very poorest in the U.S.

State Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial continued Thursday with a second day of testimony from the government’s star witness — red-light camera entrepreneur-turned-FBI mole Omar Maani.

So it was on Monday, when another of our state’s selfless public servants showed up in Chicago federal court for the start of his corruption trial. State Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, allegedly ...

The trial, which is expected to be short, will finally shed more light on a federal corruption probe that went public in the ...

Jones, 46, whose father, Emil Jones Jr., led the state Senate for years before orchestrating having his son replace him, goes ...

Criminal defense attorney Mike Leonard joins WGN’s Radio’s Karen Conti to discuss this week’s top legal stories, which include the Madigan sentencing, the possibility of a third Trump ...