Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner revealed Thursday that he had tried to recruit four other candidates to run for governor in his place, offering them money and political support rather than facing re-election himself.
Illinois is an abortion “haven” with few restrictions on the procedure, says a recent report in the Chicago Tribune that cites thousands of women traveling into the state to end their pregnancies.
An Illinois state Democrat lawmaker is in hot water after she made a comment wishing she would mix a “broth of Legionella” to infect a Republican colleague’s “loved one.”
Democrat Sean Casten beat Republican incumbent Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam Tuesday evening in a race that was considered a toss-up.
President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Murphysboro, Illinois, hours after a shooter murdered at least 10 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue and wounded at least six others. The shooting suspect, Robert Bowers, reportedly yelled anti-Jewish comments before opening fire. Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern.
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Brendan Kelly is running for Congress in Illinois’ 12th Congressional District, but only weeks before Election Day his work as a state’s attorney is coming back to haunt him.
Hutsonville, Illinois, school superintendent Julie Kraemer became a cop so she could carry a gun at school and protect her students.
Federal authorities have warned the state of Illinois that it could face significant fines for over-issuing food stamps to individuals who did not qualify to receive them, according to a report released Monday.
A group of vandals defaced an Illinois county’s GOP headquarters early Sunday morning with the words “rape” and “shame” painted in graffiti.
A concealed carry permit holder in Cicero, Illinois, intervened Thursday afternoon and shot at a suspect who allegedly shot a police officer.
A group of activists led by a Chicago minister plan to shut down the primary highway leading to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Labor Day.
An illegal alien who failed to be deported in 2012 was convicted and sentenced this week for the rape of two women and a third, now deceased, whom he admitted to raping.
The attorney generals in Illinois and Missouri have announced investigations into the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal.
The state of Illinois recently celebrated its very first Barack Obama Day holiday, and as the day wound down, a list of Hollywood notables jumped to Twitter to celebrate with the Land of Lincoln.
Illinois residents celebrated their first annual “Barack Obama Day” on Saturday after the state legislature voted in 2017 to make the day honoring former President Barack Obama a state holiday.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner gave the green light on Wednesday for parents to administer medical marijuana to a child on school property.
President Donald Trump’s increasingly tight labor market, through strict immigration enforcement, is delivering jobs for Americans with disabilities in the south suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.
One out of four counties in Illinois is a gun sanctuary, which means they are refusing to enforce newly-passed gun controls.
The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) is seeking a court order to stop Deerfield, Illinois, from implementing its confiscatory “assault weapons” ban.
A man is in police custody for spray painting swastikas on as many as 200 gravestones at an Illinois cemetery.
Illinois is losing more citizens than nearly every other state, and according to reports, the biggest reason citizens are leaving is that they can no longer afford to live in the Land of Lincoln.
A good guy with a gun intervened Wednesday morning and shot an alleged gunman at Illinois’s Dixon High School.
On Monday, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) proposed gun confiscation orders and a 72-hour wait period on firearm purchases. His proposals were made via proposals to legislation currently pending in the Illinois legislature.
Former Democratic congressman Mel Reynolds says that he has “given up on America” and will move to Africa after he serves his latest prison sentence.
Five Illinois counties have now declared themselves to be “sanctuary counties” for gun owners, and 20 more counties in the state are considering the same move.
Effingham County, Illinois, officially declared itself a “sanctuary county” for gun owners on Monday in reaction gun control overreach.
Illinois Democrats are pushing legislation to reward schools that use funding to hire therapists instead of armed guards.
Facebook could reportedly face billions of dollars in fines over their facial recognition features due to an Illinois law relating to the collection of biometric data.
Rep. Dan Lipinski – one of the last pro-life Democrats in Congress – beat out the abortion lobby’s little-known primary challenger in a tight race that came to represent the abortion industry’s coup of the soul of a party that claims to welcome “diversity,” but apparently not when it comes to abortion.
