Kim Geiger

Lawmakers on Wednesday pushed forward with a state spending plan as Democrats who control the General Assembly and Republicans allied with Gov. Bruce Rauner continued to project optimism that they’d...

Lawmakers have entered what could be the final stages of negotiating a budget that would limit state spending to $38.5 billion by cutting funding for prisons and human services and...

Rocked late last year by allegations of a pervasive culture of sexual harassment in the Capitol and campaign offices across the state, Illinois’ political leaders vowed to do better. They...

State lawmakers took advantage of an unusually drama-free lead-up to their looming Thursday budget deadline, spending the holiday weekend in their districts with plans to return to the Capitol Monday...

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration was scolded by a top state watchdog for “serious mismanagement” that allowed seven state employees to hold patronage positions when their duties did not justify the...

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday proposed reinstating the death penalty in Illinois for mass killers and people who slay law enforcement officers, injecting the idea into his re-election campaign by...

As Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats enter the final weeks of lawmakers' spring session, the governor has for now set aside the legislative wish list he touted as a...

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday tried to distance himself from a leadership battle within the Illinois Republican Party, the latest in an ongoing struggle between the governor and a vocal...

Lawmakers on Wednesday sparred over a proposal to change the state's tax structure, with Democrats expressing support for taxing higher earners more than low-income taxpayers while Republicans decried the idea...

With lawmakers resuming their legislative session after a postelection hiatus, Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday said his top priority was a full-year budget — a feat the Republican governor and...