Lt. Gov. Stratton is the first Democrat to announce intention to fill retiring Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat in the U.S. Senate.

Deliberations continued for nearly 23 hours before jury arrived at stalemate in the federal bribery trial of Illinois Sen.

Things have gotten crazy in the normally staid world of municipal bonds. Concern that munis might lose their crucial ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Thursday passed a $1 billion education bill that allows families to use public money ...

Republicans in Congress are set to introduce a $150 billion defense package, supplementing the existing $886 billion national ...

A judge blocked the Trump administration from immediately enacting certain changes to how federal elections are run.