Juliana Stratton has told fellow Democrats that she plans to run if Sen. Dick Durbin retires and that Gov. JB Pritzker will ...

Ill., joined nine other Democratic senators in voting to allow the measure to proceed for a final vote on Friday. Sen. Tammy ...

Calif., and several key Democrats are urging Senate Democrats to risk a government shutdown by opposing a must-pass spending ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure ...

The bill — a continuing resolution that will essentially extend fiscal 2024 spending levels through the start of the 2026 fiscal year — is backed by President Trump.

The vote came at a steep price for Democrats, fracturing the party with calls to oust Schumer as leader and primary Democrats ...

There's a proposal in Springfield that could eventually lead to a different way to pay for roadwork in Illinois.

The U.S. Senate cleared a stopgap spending bill Friday that will fund the government through the end of September.

Illinois senator Tammy Duckworth has proposed a bill to require new stability controls on buses and adding seatbelts.

According to the Department of Public Health, experienced 3,261 fatal opioid-related drug overdoses in 2022, and 2,855 in ...

WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today sent a letter to ...