Illinois House

It was 50 years ago last month that a new type of campaign commercial aired -- one devised to make President Lyndon Johnson's opponent look bad, rather…

Republican Mel Thillens is a first-time candidate for the Illinois House, but his name has been carried across the state on the sides of large trucks for…

It’s no secret that many Illinois Democrats have been reluctant to throw their full support behind President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. And…

“You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.”That refrain, oft-repeated at ballparks across the land in bygone days, may take on new meaning when…

The newest leader in state government says he doubts pension reform will become reality during the upcoming fall veto session. Republican House Minority…

State Rep. Jim Durkin is officially beginning his tenure as Republican leader in the Illinois House. The Western Springs lawmaker was elected to the post…

A northern Illinois Republican state legislator says he's stepping down at the end of September. Jim Sacia is in his sixth term in the Illinois House of…

Gov. Pat Quinn is hinting at the possibility of a special session on pensions when lawmakers are in Springfield next month for the Illinois State Fair.A…

What will the special legislative session next week accomplish?"Nothing," says Rep. Rich Brauer (R-Petersburg). Brauer was a guest on WUIS' Illinois…

Unprecedented.An often overused term, prone to hyperbole, but a spot-on summary of last month's votes for the 98th General Assembly, for never before in…