The Illinois Republican Party stated in a blog post that it is "demanding" that state Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago) step down in the wake of a growing scandal over photos of a man posed with a fake rifle pointed at person in a costume of President Donald Trump wearing traditional Mexican clothing at one of his fundraisers.

The Democratic machine headed by longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan seemingly has always operated by its own rules.

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider argues that commuting the sentence of now-jailed former Gov. Rod Blagojevich would send the wrong message in a state still notorious for political corruption.

A session outlining how to fight an Illinois tax proposal and speeches from lawmakers and candidates will highlight the fourth annual Illinois Conservative Union (ICU) Grassroots Activist Conference, set to begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Bolingbrook Golf Club.

Illinois Republican Party chairman Tim Schneider struck a concerned-but-hopeful note for state residents at Thursday’s Republican Day event with his “Fight the Machine” message.

Illinois Republican Party chairman Tim Schneider blasted state Sen. Martin Sandoval’s apology for allowing a man to point a fake assault rifle at a caricatured image of President Donald Trump at one of his campaign fundraisers as too little, too late.

Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard A. Pearson says that lawmakers who pass restrictive gun laws "only disarm the law-abiding citizens and make the bad guys’ job easier and safer.”

State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is celebrating the enactment of House Bill 313, a bill he sponsored that requires the state comptroller to maintain an online checkbook of the state’s finances.

Bartlett business owner and former political rival Seth Lewis is calling for the resignation of Illinois state Sen. Thomas Cullerton (D-Villa Park) in the wake of federal corruption charges against the veteran lawmaker.

Over the last 30 days, Illinois’ already overtaxed state-run pension systems have added at least 651 retired government workers that are projected to average $1.3 million in lifetime pension benefits, according to an Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) report.

State Republican Party leaders are encouraging supporters to turn out en masse for the 2019 Illinois Republican Day Rally at the State Fair on Aug. 15 on the Director’s Lawn at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, where House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) will serve as special guest and keynote speaker.

Illinois ranked near the bottom in average U.S. home values over a 12-year period ending in 2017, according to a new Wirepoints report.

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider is calling on state Sen. Thomas Cullerton (D-Villa Park) to resign immediately after he was indicted this week on federal corruption charges.

The press secretary for the National Republican Congressional Committee is convinced the massive shakeup at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that ended this week in the abrupt ousters of at least six senior level staffers is mostly a reflection of just one person.

Critics of Illinois state Rep. Terra Costa-Howard (D-Lombard) argue there’s a method to freshman lawmaker’s anger in the ongoing scandal about her personal cellphone number being made public.

The Illinois Republican Party is demanding answers after the Chicago Sun-Times reported that the attorney hired by powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) to investigate allegations of sexual harassment within his political empire is the sister of two lobbyists suspected of making payments to Kevin Quinn, the central figure of the harassment investigation.

Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider is demanding answers from House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) in the wake of an ongoing criminal probe where several people with close ties to the longtime Democratic leader have already been implicated.

Illinois Christian Home Educators (ICHE) Executive Director Kirk Smith thinks the state government is at risk of doing more harm than good by pushing a plan to add lessons about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people to public school curricula.

Jason Gonzales insists that his legal stand against Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is about much more than losing a 2016 Democratic primary at the hands of the Illinois House Speaker's powerful political machine.

Illinois state Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) fears that this year’s DuQuoin State Fair may come to be remembered for all the wrong reasons.