Voters, activists and even some governors, like Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, are growing exasperated with congressional ...

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"There's a number of things that we have done that I think really changed the environment and have helped us get to the point ...

Following Wednesday’s State of the State and State Budget Address from Governor JB Pritzker, Republican Senator Li Arellano, Jr. visited WMBD News at 4 to share his thoughts. Arellano said his biggest ...

The governor can’t just pull the plug on those programs in the current fiscal year as the money is already appropriated.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is aiming to improve student achievement, social interaction and the mental health of public school ...

Republican voters gathered Friday in the northwest suburbs for a fundraiser with President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law. Attendees spoke about how they think the first month of the administration ...

Area tourism agencies and business owners called for renewed state investment into tourism industries this week after Gov. JB Pritzker’s State of the State address.

President Donald Trump has cut federal funding to groups serving Chicago’s transgender community and issued executive orders that target 1.6 million transgender Americans.

When drawing up districts, make it the law that no county at or under the population of 1.02% of the total population of ...

WGN Political Analyst Paul Lisnek joined WGN Evening News to discuss several big stories from the week. This week's topics ...

Home care workers aren't getting an increase in their pay under Governor JB Pritzker's proposed budget. Rachel Maddow breaks ...