In the final two weeks of the 2013 spring legislative session, lawmakers are weighing two bills that address what is arguably the greatest financial crisis in state history.

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.

On a range of issues, our state faces tough problems that can only be solved by stakeholders and elected officials working together. The new pension reform legislation, Senate Bill 2404, shows the way.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know – and who you're related to – m...

A new poll released Friday has yet more bad news for Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's reelection hopes. In the latest poll of Illinois voters conducted by...

Governor Pat Quinn offered a serious admonition to Chicago Public Schools leadership about closing 50-some elementary schools when he stopped by for a special edition of Chicago Newsroom on Friday.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday that he wants the Illinois attorney general to appeal a federal court ruling that the state's ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Federal authorities announced Monday that Illinois has agreed to settle a securities-fraud charge that accused the state of ...

Updated story Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday at noon began his annual budget address, offering a preview of his proposed 2014 budget for the fin...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 5 (Reuters) - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn will unveil a fiscal 2014 budget on Wednesday that will chip away at a huge pile ...

Governor Pat Quinn is smart, well meaning, and as honest as Abe. Too bad he's become the Rodney Dangerfield of Illinois politics (and No. 70 on the Power 100 list).

Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon announced Wednesday that she won't be running for reelection, but hinted that she'll likely be campaigning for anot...

By Joanne von Alroth SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb 6 (Reuters) - Governor Pat Quinn said on Wednesday that Illinois is at a "...

Updated story Democratic Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn delivered his fourth annual State of the State, an address that touched on a wide-ranging set of i...

By Karen Pierog CHICAGO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, already the most unpopular governor in the nation, has his wor...

CHICAGO -- Illinois' already disastrous financial situation worsened Friday as another credit rating agency downgraded its rating to the worst of any ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois prisons are preparing to introduce a more restrictive early-release program to replace one that was halted three years a...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- After singling out Illinois' worst-in-the-nation pension crisis as the most important issue of his governorship, Pat Quinn could ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — New day. New lawmakers. Same old pension-reform dispute. Illinois legislators failed to deliver a solution Tuesday to a bal...

WASHINGTON -- The Illinois House voted 65-46 on Tuesday in favor of a bill to give driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, after advocates argue...

CHICAGO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn said on Friday he is optimistic that state lawmakers will pass pension reform legislation nex...