In a stunning move less than a week before the scheduled end of the legislative session, Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is backing Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in what's expected to be a crowded field to succeed Sen. Dick ...

The impasse between the House and Senate means lawmakers will go into overtime on the 60-day legislative session to pass a ...

The amendment would have asked voters to allow future lawmakers to pass laws permitting victims of childhood sexual abuse to ...

State Sen. Jason Pizzo said he was stepping down as the Florida Senate's Democratic leader because he is quitting the ...

In a blow to Uplift Harris, the Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday prohibiting Harris County from providing direct financial ...

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Thursday launched her campaign to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Richard J. Durbin.

The top Democrat in Florida's Senate is leaving his party, declaring that “the Democratic Party in Florida is dead." Senate ...

The first-year Democratic senator is ignoring one colleague's advice to "dump the House" as the long-time party star comes into his own across the Capitol.

Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin, a Democrat, said Thursday that older lawmakers may want to consider when it is time to step ...

There has also been pushback from the progressive faction within the Senate that sided with Pearson when he challenged the ...

Voting rights advocates worry that legislation approved by House and Senate committees could make it harder to get more ...