Illinois legalizes physician-assisted suicide with Senate Bill 1950, sparking backlash from various groups concerned about ethics.

Savanna, responded with a statement 24 minutes later. McCombie said she opposed the bill because compassion must be paired with caution.

Illinois Republican Don Tracy shares his 2026 Senate race platform focusing on cost of living, welfare reforms, and bipartisan cooperation in Illinois politics.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi's Senate campaign sent emails purporting to be from Rep. Ted Lieu — but Lieu didn't know and hasn't endorsed his colleague's campaign.

All three major Democratic Senate candidates hail from the Chicago region, potentially ending the upstate-downstate balance maintained by retiring Sen. Dick Durbin for 28 years.

Gov. JB Pritzker suggested Illinois’ threat to retaliate helped defeat the measure across the border — and he didn’t rule out an effort to expand his state’s 14-3 Democratic edge.

U.S. District Court Judge Andrea Wood has approved a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve the bribery case against Illinois state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the one-year deal requires Jones to make some admissions but could spare him from a conviction.

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 in certain high-demand employment fields. The ...

Illinois’ umbrella organization representing most of the state’s organized labor opted not to make endorsements as the group has many allies and doesn’t want to offend friends.

Raja Krishnamoorthi earns Sheila Simon’s endorsement, strengthening his Illinois Senate campaign with broad statewide support.

I find it very interesting he’s pointing fingers and claiming that others are now trying to game the system that he already gamed about as far as you can get it,” state Rep. Ugaste said.