Democrat Michael Madigan was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and reported to a minimum-security federal prison ...

The Supreme Court is poised to overturn a 90-year-old decision protecting the heads of independent federal agencies from ...

JACKSON IS ONE OF 12 CANDIDATES IN THE RACE, and faces a strong challenge from the left by state Sen. Robert Peters, who cut his teeth pushing for bail reform in Illinois. Peters has also put his ...

Bolivian law enforcement officials on Wednesday arrested former President Luis Arce as part of a corruption investigation, opening an uncertain chapter in the ...

OpenSecrets, which started four decades ago, is renewing its drive to help voters follow the money between special interests ...

Illinois and California have both elected more Republican governors than Democratic ones. Now, Democrats hold every statewide office and command supermajorities in both legislative chambers. In ...

The new political drama Made in Korea is a tense thriller and an engaging South Korean drama that will be released on Hulu ...

Former political powerhouses Ed Burke and Mike Madigan are seeking pardons from President Donald Trump after their corruption convictions.

President Donald Trump has pardoned Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife in a federal bribery and ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that has ...

States with full-time, well-paid legislators often fare poorly in independent studies measuring government effectiveness.

The police promotions system allows officers' disciplinary records to be ignored, and, despite years of. reform efforts, ...