Juliana Stratton has told fellow Democrats that she plans to run if Sen. Dick Durbin retires and that Gov. JB Pritzker will ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure ...

Ill., joined nine other Democratic senators in voting to allow the measure to proceed for a final vote on Friday. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., voted against it, saying she refuses to give Trump ...

The bill — a continuing resolution that will essentially extend fiscal 2024 spending levels through the start of the 2026 fiscal year — is backed by President Trump.

There's a proposal in Springfield that could eventually lead to a different way to pay for roadwork in Illinois.

Calif., and several key Democrats are urging Senate Democrats to risk a government shutdown by opposing a must-pass spending ...

The U.S. Senate cleared a stopgap spending bill Friday that will fund the government through the end of September.

Illinois senator Tammy Duckworth has proposed a bill to require new stability controls on buses and adding seatbelts.

According to the Department of Public Health, experienced 3,261 fatal opioid-related drug overdoses in 2022, and 2,855 in ...

WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today sent a letter to ...