State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is celebrating the enactment of House Bill 313, a bill he sponsored that requires the state comptroller to maintain an online checkbook of the state’s finances.

More than eight months after voters went to the polls, three-term Lake County Sheriff Mark C. Curran Jr. recently announced he is ending his recount challenge of the results that left Democrat John Idleburg holding a 137-vote lead to take over the office.

Congressional candidate Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) recently called out U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Downers Grove) over his support for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s newly passed budget bill.

Over the last 30 days, Illinois’ already overtaxed state-run pension systems have added at least 651 retired government workers that are projected to average $1.3 million in lifetime pension benefits, according to an Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) report.

Illinois ranked near the bottom in average U.S. home values over a 12-year period ending in 2017, according to a new Wirepoints report.

Former GOP state representative and newly announced congressional candidate for the 6th District Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) recently blasted Congressman and potential political opponent Sean Casten (D-Downers Grove) for saying one thing and doing another on the issue of climate change.

Lake County District 3 Board member Dick Barr fears the doubling of the state’s gas tax, making Illinois home to the second-highest overall gas tax burden in the country, is just the tip of the iceberg.

Illinois State Board of Election records show that freshmen state Rep. Joyce Mason (D-Gurnee) is one of at least six Democratic lawmakers to take campaign contributions from now-embattled Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain for their 2018 runs.

Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider is demanding answers from House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) in the wake of an ongoing criminal probe where several people with close ties to the longtime Democratic leader have already been implicated.

Jason Gonzales insists that his legal stand against Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is about much more than losing a 2016 Democratic primary at the hands of the Illinois House Speaker's powerful political machine.

Political gerrymandering as the result of flawed district map-drawing processes is an issue in Lake County that requires attention, according to the chairman of the Fremont Township Republic​an Organization in Mundelein.

For former Illinois state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), her recent decision to run in 2020 against U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Downers Grove) in the 6th Congressional District comes down to her love for America.

Jeanne Ives is reintroducing herself to the voters of Illinois by highlighting a pledge she first made as a West Point cadet years ago.

Hailing herself as someone “who sees the people she represents as the solution to many of the problems” they face, former GOP State Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton officially threw her hat in the ring July 23 against U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Downers Grove) in Illinois' Sixth Congressional District.

A trio of Springfield lawmakers from both parties are joining forces to help Lake County residents deal with the issue of Illinois' runaway property taxes.

Former state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R. Wheaton), who narrowly lost her bid to unseat then Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in the GOP primary just over a year ago, is back in the political spotlight after announcing her run in the 6th Congressional District.

Lake County Republican Federation Executive Committee member Keith Gray is clear is his reasoning for backing Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) is his run for U.S. Congress.

While all Illinois motorists are dealing with the state gas tax doubling to 38 cents per gallon on July 1, those in Lake and Will counties may face even steeper increases at the pumps.

Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) recently took to social media to address the state’s rapidly elevating outmigration crisis.

Veteran state Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) is among a group of GOP lawmakers introducing House Bill 3850 that would repeal the Reproductive Health Act recently signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.