Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn addressed about 100 people at the Memorial Day program at Memorial Park in Blue Island.

George Ryan's corruption case overshadowed a nationally historic move to halt the state’s death penalty and empty its Death Row amid concerns of widespread misconduct in capital cases.

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton declared she is running for Senate following longtime Sen. Dick Durbin's (D-IL) retirement announcement. Stratton has been lieutenant governor with Gov.

Republican candidates for Illinois governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general will host a discussion in St. Charles ...

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton kicked off her run for U.S. Senate next year on Friday morning after making her campaign announcement on Thursday. On Friday morning, Governor JB ...

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — Less than a week after launching ... "I mean, that's what democracy is." The lieutenant governor repeatedly emphasized her experience representing the entire state ...

"How does cutting regulations that protect our drinking water from pollution of toxic chemicals Make America Healthy Again?" Stratton said in an exclusive statement.

Illinois House speaker, lieutenant governor and ultimately governor, is best known for declaring a state moratorium on the death penalty in 2000 that eventually led to its abolition. But he’s ...

Eventually, he served as speaker of the Illinois House, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and, finally, governor. A glad-handing politician from the old school, Ryan emphasized pragmatism ...