Illinois House Republicans filed a lawsuit over the Democratic-drawn legislative map, arguing it violates the state Constitution.

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five voters on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map as unconstitutionally drawn to favor Democrats.

Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, received the call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, earlier this month that he was tapped to head the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Swanson said the appointment was a “total surprise.”

Illinois Senate Republicans introduced a new bill Tuesday that would require state law enforcement agencies to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to report and deport undocumented immigrants who have been charged with felonies.

Illinois Senate Republicans introduced a bill Tuesday requiring police to work with ICE agents to deport illegal immigrants convicted of felonies.

Mayor Brandon Johnson stood by his city’s sanctuary law during a Tuesday press conference in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity and the launch of an investigation into Chicago’s policies by House Republicans.

Illinois House Republican leaders filed a lawsuit before the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday claiming the current House district map disenfranchises voters.

Former state Senate Republican leader Dan McConchie is resigning his north suburban seat to start a nonprofit organization promoting accessibility policy, he said Monday. Illinois law requires General Assembly vacancies to be filled within 30 days by someone of the same party,

As Democrats across deep-blue Illinois on Monday responded to President Donald Trump’s inaugural address with a call “to fight back” against the incoming GOP administration, jubilant Republicans advised the state’s supermajority party to follow the returning president’s lead to “eliminate these woke politics and restore America back to traditional values.

In the final minutes of his term, Biden pardoned Kinzinger and other members of the Select Committee on the January 6th Attack. "I am not nervous, I'm not scared, and I will not back down," Kinzinger said.

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston wants the nearly three-dozen Illinois counties that have voted to secede to consider redder pastures. Among those, two counties that border Vermilion County, Iroquois County to the north and Edgar County to the south.

The Laken Riley Act would make it easier for federal immigration officials to detain and deport those without legal status who are charged with specific crimes.