With a vote upcoming any day now in Springfield and a Supreme Court decision that is likely to be less than an all-out victory for equal marriage, the issue won't be going away as some have hoped.

Elections have consequences and none more so than in Illinois. While the obvious places of change (State House & Senate and Congressional races) became clear throughout Tuesday night, the less obvious is becoming clearer everyday after.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday introduced his plan to address the state's growing pension crisis by cutting costs and -- the governor proposed -- d...

CHICAGO -- After two Deep South losses, Mitt Romney is intensifying his campaign efforts in the economically challenged Midwest – a friendly reg...

President Barack Obama is embarking on a concentrated one-day fundraising trip, with a stop in his hometown of Chicago and another in Atlanta for a bi...

Illinois' four top Republican leaders in Springfield came out strong at Thursday's Republican Day at the State Fair against Democratic Governor Pat Qu...

State treasurer Dan Rutherford must have thought the "Save and Match" program at the state's troubled Bright Start college savings fund would be a pub...

Human services were the Democrats' budget problem. Suburban and downstate school districts are now largely the Republicans' budget problem.

Sarah Palin's rhetoric is still popular in some parts of the country, but whether her Illinois visit in April will help the state's Republican party r...

The social media tactics critical to President Obama's victory last fall have trickled down to state-level races in Illinois and bridged the partisan divide.

The son of a former Chicago alderman is scheduled to kick off a campaign for state treasurer Monday, setting up a primary for the Democratic nominatio...

Political newcomer Kip Kirkpatrick, the co-founder of a private health-care equity firm, pulled the plug on his nascent bid for the Democratic nominat...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Sen. Dan Rutherford (ROO'-thur-ferd) has announced he's running for state treasurer and he says now isn't the time for Illino...