President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, which critics worry could ...

President Trump signed an order on Thursday calling for the Education Department to close and he has slashed staff by half.

With gas tax revenues on the decline as more and more vehicles require less gas, Illinois state Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago, is proposing tweaks that would essentially replace the current gas tax ...

Illinois ranks 43rd in federal spending dependency, with 81,300 federal employees and $2.4 million in annual savings from ...

Thousands of homeschool proponents rallied at the state Capitol at Springfield on Wednesday to protest during a hearing on ...

After a major Biden-era executive order mandating the vast majority of federal construction projects use project labor ...

The Veterans Affairs Department's narrow interpretation of last year's landmark Rudisill case could sharply decrease the pool ...

A bill that would change how state agencies handle victims of human trafficking is moving through the Capitol.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB. That would ...

Thousands of Illinois taxpayers may be owed tax refunds on unclaimed returns, but a key deadline will soon pass, the IRS says.

An Illinois House committee approved a plan Wednesday to create state oversight for homeschooling after hours of debate.

The Trump Administration's plan to impose tariffs on other countries has been a hotly debated subject, and now Illinois ...