Democrats who run state government celebrated while announcing that tax-rebate checks — totaling more than $1.2 billion — on Monday began heading to 6 million taxpayers.

Rebates on income and property taxes are part of a $1.83 billion inflation-relief package built into this year’s budget.

Nurses represented by the Illinois Nurses Association are gathering for a protest on Chicago’s Northwest Side.

They are calling attention to staffing issues at the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center and the Illinois Veterans’ Home.

Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne M. Burke announced Monday she will retire from the bench effective Nov. 30.

She has served on the state’s high court since 2006 and has been chief justice since 2019.

Now that Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne Burke is stepping down from the state’s highest court, it begs the question: Will her husband, indicted Ald. Edward Burke (14th), do the same?

Will the Democratic power couple ride off into the political sunset, enjoy their grandchildren and prepare for his upcoming corruption trial?

Election season is around the corner, and so are renewed conversations around voter fraud and election integrity.

States like Wisconsin and Georgia have recently removed hundreds of thousands of names off their voter lists, in what critics are calling “voter purges.” And in preparation for the 2020 election, the Ohio secretary of state removed nearly half a million names, thousands erroneously.