Symbols really do matter. Trump has placed a picture of President Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office. Jackson was an owner of ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five Illinois voters have filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to ...

Dave Joens has led the Illinois State Archives, the government agency tasked with preserving official government documents ...

Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. “Sweetening” state pensions to conform to IRS rules could cost taxpayers tens of billions. Rich Hein/Sun-Times Share Illinoisans concerned about their ...

The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Illinois lawmakers kicked off their spring legislative session roughly three weeks ago, but lawmakers in the ...

Maligned by some, the state flag design that’s been used for more than 50 years has its fans. But its future is uncertain, as ...

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will lie in state Thursday at the Virginia state Capitol from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Marsh, a civil rights lawyer, was Richmond’s mayor from 1977 to 1982. He represented Richmond in the state Senate ...