The Senate on Tuesday easily confirmed Troy Meink as the secretary of the Air Force, putting a former KC-135 tanker aircraft navigator and space expert in charge of the service.

In a state that has been striving to get more electric vehicles on the roads, an Illinois lawmaker wants to place ...

Bond had a major impact on Missouri Republicans, winning back the governorship in 1972 and sowing the seeds for the GOP's ...

Illinois’ superintendent of education says state officials are taking steps to correct compliance issues identified by ...

A longtime civic leader, philanthropist and retired physician has been appointed to the University of Illinois Board of ...

Gov. Mike Braun signed a whopping 56 bills into law Friday, including measures setting contentious work requirements for certain Medicaid recipients and evaluating the addition of secessionist Illinoi ...

The Illinois governor has not announced whether he will seek a third term in Springfield next year, but he also has not said ...

Pete Buttigieg returns to Iowa for an event focused on veterans, six years after he burst onto the national political stage ...

U.S. health officials say they plan to phase out ingestible fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth, citing ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he will hold up all Department of Justice nominations on the Senate floor until he gets more answers about the free Air ...

State Sen. Robert Peters, of Chicago, announced his campaign for a U.S. House seat representing parts of the city’s South ...

Amid the annual bustle at the Illinois Capitol during the legislative session’s midpoint, a sea of color and singing filled ...