David Mendell

House Democrats sized up a broad menu of ways to pay for a potential multibillion-dollar statewide construction program Tuesday, coming to no conclusions but considering options that include income tax...

A data-input worker for Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has been charged with pocketing bribes in exchange for providing personal information about car owners and their vehicles to a...

In the weeks and months after Gov. Rod Blagojevich took office, close adviser and fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko gave the administration the names of people he wanted to see get...

Transit officials acknowledged Friday that Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan to give free rides to seniors would probably cost twice as much as originally estimated and require them to raise fares...

Spelling trouble for Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan to expand health-care options for more than 500,000 adults, a state panel Tuesday rejected his move to dramatically boost the number of people...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday ordered state inspectors to examine all bridges considered to be critical as Illinois officials sought to assess the safety of its bridge network in the...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday ordered state inspectors to examine all bridges considered to be critical as Illinois officials sought to assess the safety of its bridge network in the...

Smokers throughout Illinois soon will have to step outside or into a private setting to light up after Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday signed into law a smoking ban that...

A West Side woman who opened fire on three officers before they fatally shot her had a history of violence, police said Monday. Court records show the woman, Dorothy Williams-Johnson,...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich defeated Republican challenger Judy Baar Topinka to win a second four-year term as governor Tuesday, leading an Election Day sweep that gave Democrats complete control of state...