Are cellphones a useful tool or a distraction in the classroom? According to Gov. JB Pritzker, they’re a distraction, and he has proposed banning them during classroom instruction time. Pritzker ...

What Trump’s Education Department overhaul could mean for Illinois students. And could an earlier downtown curfew cut crime?

The three candidates spoke to a packed auditorium at the village hall Thursday, vying to succeed Mayor Tom Hayes, who is ...

The family of a boy slain while trying to protect his mother from a former boyfriend has sued the Illinois Prisoner Review ...

After Sen. Chuck Schumer announced Thursday that he would reluctantly support the bill, he bore the brunt of that anger, including a protest at his office, calls from progressives that he be primaried ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has called on Senate Democrats “to stand up and do the right thing” and vote no on the GOP-backed stop-gap bill that would avert a looming government ...

A playbook for Democrat governors promotes templates for executive orders to oppose Trump deportation and other policies.

After announcing that he be a no vote on the proposed spending plan -- a decision that could have led to a government shutdown -- Schumer backed down, saying from the floor he would vote yes.

Gov. JB Pritzker delivered more harsh criticism against President Donald Trump’s administration over attempts to drastically ...

The remarks also came days after the U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated a $26.3 million grant to the Illinois State ...

Calif., and several key Democrats are urging Senate Democrats to risk a government shutdown by opposing a must-pass spending bill being considered on the Senate floor on Friday.

Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement ahead of the U.S. Senate vote on the Continuing Resolution: “Republicans i ...