Dan Duffy

— School buses throughout Illinois could be equipped with cameras to catch motorists who illegally pass by when the stop signs are extended under legislation the Senate approved Wednesday. The bus camera bill ignited a debate in which opponents...

A day after suffering devastating election losses up and down the state, Illinois Republicans could point to one bright spot: Barack Obama's name won't ever be on the ballot again. In 2004 as a U.S. Senate candidate, in 2008 as a presidential contender...

Where do our lawmakers stand on the issue of legislative scholarships -- those tuition waivers that members of the state house and senate have traditionally been allowed to dispense to constituents? As part of the renewed effort to abolish that......

The Illinois Senate today voted in favor of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's measure that would allow Chicago to start using cameras to ticket speeders in so-called safety zones. “This is clearly a request of the city, a request of the mayor, something that...

Posted by Bill Ruthhart at 5:25 p.m. SPRINGFIELD ---Sex education instructors would be required to teach the use of contraceptives under a measure that barely passed the Illinois Senate today. Currently, sex ed teachers are only required to teach...

To me, the most interesting part of the highly contentious meeting of the state Senate Executive Appointments Committee Thursday morning in Springfield was not the near fistfight between lawmakers, but the debate on “rough and tumble”...

Posted by Ray Long and Monique Garcia at 2:18 p.m. Update: The Illinois Senate voted 30-25 to confirm Terry Cosgrove's appointment to the Human Rights Commission today. SPRINGFIELD — Following sharp exchanges, a Democratic-led Senate panel today...