Ben Szalinski, Statehouse reporter at Capitol News Illinois, joins Jon Hansen to talk about what is happening in Illinois ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a $1.5 billion transit funding bill. A portion of the sales tax on the Motor Fuel Tax, estimated to accumulate $860 million. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Eva Dina Delgado, ...

A bipartisan group of Senate Democrats and Republicans, including Dick Durbin of Illinois, reached a deal to reopen the ...

Illinois' senators were divided late Sunday as the Senate voted on the first steps to end the government shutdown.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Illinois state legislators were busy Friday, what was supposed to be the last day of the spring legislative session. First the Illinois House voted to legalize recreational ...