This past Thursday should have been a beautiful day, a day to throw open the windows and putter in the garden, long-awaited ...

Trump has asked Texas Republicans to redistrict now, mid-decade, in order to cut up five districts that tend to vote ...

While Gov. J.B. Pritzker tried to decide whether to sign legislation authorizing unaffordable pension increases for Chicago ...

This corrupt special session is over,” said Democratic leader Gene Wu, less than a day before House Republicans are set to ...

Texas Democrats said the state legislature is holding flood victims “hostage” by focusing on approving new congressional maps ...

1987: The United Airlines terminal opened at O’Hare International Airport. The $540 million, Helmut Jahn -designed glass and ...

Is the Democrats’ decision to break quorum illegal? No, it's not. But they could still be detained by state troopers in ...

The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...

Texas state House Democrats plan to leave to break quorum of a special session in which Republicans aim to pass a new ...

Greg Abbott has said that the absences of Texas Democrats that prevented a quorum were "premeditated for an illegitimate ...

Texas House Democrats left Austin for Chicago on Sunday in an attempt to prevent the state House from voting Monday on a ...