After rejecting a similar bill last year, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the legislation on Monday.
The tentative deal was reached during a meeting in Chicago.
A press release issued in response to a political cartoon is reportedly behind the staff shakeup.
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill to make Illinois the first state to officially ban circus elephants.
The application period has begun for the Simon Youth Community Scholarships.
A student started a petition to protest a dress code change.
Days after a white nationalist rally in Virginia, a resolution asks police in Illinois to treat white supremacists as terrorists.
One Republican joined Democrats in rejecting the governor's amendatory veto.
It's the House that Mike built. Madigan has presided over the Illinois House for 3 decades and 17 terms.
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the "Drive for Life Act."
The Fire Ball ride and others like it are temporarily barred from fairs, fests in Illinois.
A man who worked for the Army Corps of Engineers pleaded guilty this week.
A new bill could bring a boost to the medical marijuana industry as sales of products containing cannabidiol increase.
A proposed funding overhaul attempts to narrow the largest gap of any state between its most affluent school district and its poorest.
A sales tax increase on gas is part of the new state budget.
After a two-hour lockdown at the state Capitol, the House vote gives the state its first budget since 2015.
A woman reportedly threw a substance at Gov. Bruce Rauner's office.
Moody's has put the state under review for yet another credit rating downgrade.
Fewer than 60 of the House's 118 members showed up Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Obama Expressway will stretch from the Tri-State to Pontiac.
Illinois Senate overrides Rauner's budget plan, tax vetoes. The House will meet Thursday.
The $36 billion budget includes a $5 billion income tax increase.
The bill got one more vote than it needed to pass.
Speaker Madigan issues plea asking bond rating agencies not to downgrade Illinois.
An Illinois State Trooper died from injuries he suffered in a traffic crash with a commercial vehicle Wednesday.
Rauner took to social media to warn lawmakers that he would keep them in session if a balanced budget was not submitted Friday.
Here's your complete guide to Fourth of July fireworks shows, parties and other festive events in Springfield and Sangamon County.
With just four days until the budget deadline, Democrat an Repubilcan lawmakers met behind closed doors. This time they met without Rauner.
It could plunge the state deeper into debt and cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in interest.
Steve Gifford and Rachel Zaborowski have had so many milestones at Cedar Point they took the plunge there on their wedding day.
The president "needs a blade in his neck," the man allegedly posted on Facebook.
After allegations of improper hiring and spending, NIU's president resigns with a $600,000 payout.
Democrats are criticizing Governor Rauner's Tuesday evening speech as insincere. They want to see action in the ongoing special session.
State comptroller warns governor and legislative leaders the state is headed for the abyss after 2 years without a state budget.
The Illinois Senate approved a $15 hourly minimum wage for workers by 2022 on Wednesday by a 30-23 vote. Will Rauner sign it into law?
A new report shows just how bad the financial condition of Illinois truly is.
The Illinois House passed a controversial minimum wage bill by a 61 to 53 vote. Will Governor Rauner sign the bill?