The Illinois House of Representatives voted 91-1 Friday to spend $635,570 to build three "lactation and wellness" rooms at the state capitol in Springfield.

Morning Answer - Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran talks about the future of the IL GOP

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is publicly preaching party unity on the campaign trail. But behind the scenes, Rauner is quietly leading an effort to purge conservatives from the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, which governs the party and has elections this month.

Illinois Republican Party Chairman and Cook County Commissioner Timothy O. Schneider (R-Bartlett) is president of an Elgin car wash that owes $21,448 in overdue property taxes from 2016, according to the Cook County Treasurer.

Jevon Carter earned second-team All-America honors this week, yet another accolade for a point guard called "one of the best to ever hit the hardwood" for West Virginia University.

Gov. Bruce Rauner says he'll fight for Illinoisans. But only if he wins re-election. If he loses, Rauner's wife, Diana, says she and Bruce are out of here.

Marko Sukovic talks with Dan & Amy about his run for state rep in the 59th district

Lake Zurich School District 95 has lost 800 students over the past decade. But district officials and the District 95 school board are still asking local property taxpayers for more money to expand.

Father Mike McGovern talks with Dan & Amy about Paul Bauer's funeral

IL State Rep David McSweeney talks Quincy and Pres. Trump's infrastructure plan

Ken Idstein On Lowering Lake County's Tax Burden

Chief Jennifer Witherspoon talks about her work helping Lake Co inmates straighten their lives out

Dan and Amy talk with "Jason," one of the guests at the Lake County Jail

Lake Co Sheriff Mark Curran joins Dan & Amy to talk community safety & life at the jail

Rep. David McSweeney speaks with Dan and Pat about government consolidation.

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School’s out in the summertime. So when Harrisburg’s Mike and Angella Gauch decided they would drive to Springfield earlier this month, getting out of work wasn’t a concern.

State bureaucrats will dictate how many teachers Illinois school districts must hire and how much to pay them if a school funding bill is signed into law this month.