Scott Best describes himself as a union advocate and political outsider who vows “to take the fight directly to the corporate ...

The VA Home Loan Program Reform Act was signed into law and authorizes the VA to create a Permanent Partial Claims Program that gives veterans a second chance to stay in their homes. Under the reforms ...

Texas state Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, flanked by state Reps. Ron Reynolds and Charlene Ward Johnson, called the GOP ...

Attend to the needs of their patients under those circumstances and the physician risks losing her medical license, criminal conviction, a prison term and/or civil penalties. So these doctors are ...

Dozens of Texas House Democrats fled the state this week to block Republican redistricting efforts, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott to file a lawsuit against the top Democrat.

THE SPOTLIGHT is on President Trump’s Justice Department, as separate investigations into convicted sex offender Jeffrey ...

The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, part of a congressional probe that lawmakers believe may ...

Effective immediately, House Bill 3657 makes changes to Tier 2 Chicago Police and Firefighter pension benefits.

Mass incarceration is a costly and ineffective response to crime, and decarceration can help reduce the carceral system's footprint and allow for investment in resources and services that improve ...

Willette Benford spent 24 years in prison but now is working in the office of Illinois First Lady M.K. Pritzker helping other ...

The 83-year-old, who had hinted at his retirement for weeks, endorsed state Rep. La Shawn Ford to succeed him.

U.S. Rep. Danny Davis announced Thursday that he won't seek reelection next year after 15 terms in office, making him the ...