In Illinois, sex education isn’t a requirement in health classes, leaving the decision to teach it to individual schools and ...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order to instruct the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare ...

The lawsuit comes after House Republicans failed to gain seats in the two election cycles since a new map was drawn in 2021 ...

Illinois House Republicans filed a lawsuit over the Democratic-drawn legislative map, arguing it violates the state ...

Democrats currently control two-thirds of all seats in the Illinois General Assembly — 78 of 118 in the House and 40 of 59 in ...

The race in Illinois's 3rd Congressional District is between Democrat Delia Ramirez, the incumbent, and Republican John Booras. The expected vote is the total number of votes that are expected in ...

Illinois was one of 15 Democratic state government trifectas at the start of 2025 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a ...

Watch the hearing in our player above. Bessent sat in front of the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, where he told lawmakers that the U.S. faces economic calamity if Congress ...