Jay Hoffman

Longtime Metro East state lawmaker Jay Hoffman authored the amendment that created the statewide sales tax and revenue bonds — known as STAR bonds — which had been used in southern Illinois and by the Kansas legislature to lure the Kansas City Chiefs.

In Democratic-led Springfield, a willingness to build coalitions and reach across the political aisle are the marks of a productive lawmaker, a new report finds.

Problems with part of the current pension system have created issues for school districts hiring teachers.

Madison County in the Metro East began flipping red in the 2010 election, and the GOP’s support has only gotten stronger. But local Democrats don’t see neighboring St. Clair County flipping anytime soon.

The results are nonbinding, but lawmakers may consider them when proposing policy.

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he will sign the budget, which passed the House early on Wednesday morning.

A question about whether abortion protections should be codified will not make it onto this year’s general election ballot.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed investments would support the creation of a child tax credit, overhaul of the state's pension system, and fund programs for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago.

For the past two and a half years, the 90-some students of Venice Elementary have been going to a makeshift school in Granite City after their school was condemned.

Illinois quit collecting property taxes from disabled veterans in 2015, but that has cost Metro East school districts and other taxing bodies near Scott Air Force Base hundreds of thousands — or sometimes millions of dollars.