Gov. JB Pritzker has deposited $25.5 million from his vast personal fortune into his campaign fund with four months to go until Illinois’ March 17 primary elections and a year before voters will decide whether to give the billionaire Democrat a historic third term in Springfield.

Libertarian-leaning Liberty Justice Center has filed a complaint regarding Illinois Senate President Don Harmon’s collecting millions of dollars for his campaign committee.

The Texas National Guard has departed Illinois, ending a futile 41-day deployment in which its soldiers spent less than 24 hours working in support of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation mission.

Aldermen voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget in a Monday committee, a remarkably rebellious display against the freshman mayor who has been struggling to shore up support for his controversial head tax.

Police said no arrests were made and no injuries were reported. The blaze went out on its own after damaging the building, police said.

Chicago homeowners are being walloped with a record property tax hike, with some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods absorbing the steepest increases even as downtown office owners see their bills fall, according to new data from the Cook County treasurer’s office.

More than three weeks after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker created the commission, there is no apparent way for the public to report misconduct by federal immigration agents.

When a masked man grabbed Ernesto Diaz’s left shoulder and slammed him against a vehicle, he thought he was being robbed.