Over her first few weeks in office, state Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) claims, Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) has already revealed her priorities.

Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-North Aurora) opposed a graduated income tax hike along with other House Republicans during a press conference on Wednesday.

Rep. Dan Ugaste thinks it is time for Illinois lawmakers to take a long, hard look in the mirror.

Rep. Stephanie A. Kifoweit (D-Aurora) introduced a bill created to drive business for hydroponics on Feb. 1 to the House of Representatives.

Administrators in East Aurora School District 131 earn an average of $93,573 per year, ranking 538th out of 864 districts in the state.

Grade school districts in Aurora, Elgin and Maple Park ranked among Kane County's lowest for math aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Grade school districts in Aurora, Elgin and Maple Park ranked among Kane County's lowest for reading aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Veteran state Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) is leading the charge among Republicans in speaking out against the state's Democrats granting even more power to the House Rules Committee they control.

Spending per pupil at East Aurora School District 131 is up 19 percent from five years ago, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of district finances.

Newly elected state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) argues you need look no further than the results of a new Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) survey to get an idea of just how much the state has lost its way.

In a year when 70 percent of East High School seniors graduated on time, 50 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.

The truancy rate at East High School stayed flat at 24 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

More than 87 percent of teachers stay at East High School year to year, according to the 2018 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.

The Illinois House of Representatives adopted a resolution mourning the death of a World War II veteran who passed away in October.

Kane County taxpayers are spending twice as much on high schools as they did 20 years ago, but ACT scores across the county have actually fallen over the same period, a Kane County Reporter analysis has found.

Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.

Not all of what Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) saw during his first week in Springfield could have been what the newly elected Republican lawmaker wanted to see.

Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D-Aurora) apologized to Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) for her comments on Nov. 27, when she said she wanted to give Breen and his family a broth of legionella.

Karina Villa of the Democratic Party has been declared the winner in the House District 49 race against Republican Tonia Khouri.

Democrat Anna Moeller has been declared the winner in the House District 43 race against Republican Andrew Cuming.