Healey planned the NATO Summit in Chicago and helped lead the city’s failed bid for the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.

A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with ...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan has died at the age of 91. He served prison time for federal corruption charges.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet ...

George Ryan, who served as Illinois secretary of state, Illinoia House speaker, lieutenant governor and ultimately governor, ...

A Republican and former pharmacist, he cleared the state’s death row and imposed a moratorium on capital punishment. He was ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker railed against the “Looney Toon Republican Congress” and included jabs at both President Donald ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, lambasted President Donald Trump and his administration, calling for mass protests and ...

Native American poet Mark Turcotte was introduced on Tuesday by Governor JB Pritzker as our state’s latest official poet.

Funeral arrangements have been announced for former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who died Friday at the age of 91.

Illinois politicians reacted Friday to the death of former Gov. George Ryan. His legacy is mixed, and it depends on who you ...