President Trump says he wants Congress to close the Department of Education. So, how much do Illinois schools rely on federal ...

The House education committee is charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy. But at a recent meeting, partisan differences were on full display.

Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out $7.34 billion because, as noted above, they pick up 90% of the total tab, ...

Republicans have been winning an asymmetric war over district lines for decades. To preserve democracy, their opponents will have to fight back.

Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the ...

Fourth-quarter fundraising reports filed with the FEC show many vulnerable lawmakers starting the cycle with modest war ...

Trump’s blunt exercise of power has proved uniquely disruptive for government personnel who do remote work to accommodate ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including fundraising and a special ...

The laws also included $4 million for local governments to streamline approvals for rebuilding homes, and $1 million to ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has “revised” his remarks about not raising taxes to balance the budget. “It’s very important that we live ...

The federal government endeavors to shutter the Department of Education and eliminate financial support for school systems ...