Foster Grandparent Program gives senior citizens an opportunity to help the community by working with its youngest residents.

House Speaker Michael Madigan sharply criticized Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday for vetoing a key state budget piece, saying the governor's "flip-flops" on key issues are not helpful to resolving the mess. UPDATED 3:30 p.m.

With the state budget situation in complete limbo, state lawmakers have gone home with no clear direction on what will happen next. UPDATED 8:35 p.m.

Illinois secretary of state police officers took eight members of Service Employee International Union Healthcare Illinois and Indiana into custody today after they blocked the main entrance to the House of Representatives chamber.

A coalition of unions, human service groups and lawmakers today at the Statehouse urged the Illinois House to pass a comprehensive tax plan to stave off devastating cuts to human services.

Gov. Pat Quinn isn't ruling out a temporary budget as a way of buying more time to reach a final budget deal.