House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had won over the right flank of his conference by promising at least $2 trillion in ...

Lawmakers convicted of felonies tied to their government jobs, like ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, are banned from ...

The jury in Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial found the former Illinois House speaker guilty on several counts as ...

After a four-month trial featuring more than 60 witnesses, followed by nearly 65 hours of deliberations, a federal jury this morning found former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan guilty of ...

The drive by the House GOP leadership to cobble together a budget deal with a shutdown looming is running into more ...

Chicago Public Schools hired a financial advisory firm to provide an outside opinion on the district’s economic challenges as CPS faces daunting financial choices prioritized by Mayor Brandon Johnson, ...

BUDGET OR BUST: It’s do-or-die time for Speaker Mike Johnson. At 10 a.m., the House Budget Committee marks up leadership’s budget resolution as Johnson practically dares a small cadre of intransigent ...

But a handful of GOP hardliners aren’t satisfied. Earlier Wednesday, Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., one of the fiscal ...

The House committee with authority over Medicaid is tasked with saving $880 billion to finance lower taxes for corporations ...

A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of some charges Wednesday in a mixed ...

The House speaker doesn’t seem to care too much that there are supposed to be three equal branches of government.

Speaker Mike Johnson declined to say whether President Donald Trump and his administration should comply with court rulings.