Research shows higher education is effective at preventing people from re-offending. Legislation could give more people inside access to college classes.

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House Speaker Todd Huston's priority bill to launch a commission discussing redrawing the state boundary earned Democratic support Monday.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Illinois state Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, discusses a dot chart prepared by University of Michigan research ...

Republicans in the Illinois House say the state’s current legislative map is unconstitutional and illegally favors Democrats, and the GOP is asking the state’s Supreme Court to intervene.

The story is worth telling. Many downstate Illinois residents dislike Chicago’s strong influence in the state. Last year, a total of 33 counties voted to secede from Illinois and form their own state.

In a Friday video, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker seemingly throws shade at President Donald Trump, who renamed the Gulf of ...

Illinois state Rep. Ryan Spain ... Republican voting power because of gerrymandering in the legislative district map, at the state Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Springfield, Ill.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Republicans are asking the state's highest court to invalidate legislative maps they say are illegally gerrymandered to give Democrats a controlling supermajority of ...