The U.S. Department of Justice added its voice this month to a lawsuit by private entities accusing the state of Illinois of ...

Few Lake County officials have made the next step. The state’s political boneyard has a number of Lake County candidates ...

Major shakeups are coming to Illinois politics in the next two years. Behind closed doors, Cook County Democrats Friday voted ...

() – An Illinois taxpayer watchdog is calling for a formal investigation into the Rochester Public Library, alleging staff ...

Former Rock Island County Sheriff's deputy and current Geneseo police officer Jamie Shoemaker has announced her candidacy for ...

At a union hall on Chicago’s South Side, the Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee decided Friday to back Rep.

Cook County Democratic slatemakers also endorsed state Rep. Margaret Croke of Chicago for state comptroller spot being ...

New Indiana law allows Illinois counties to join, but experts doubt success amid political and financial hurdles.

Adrienne White-Faines will lead the reproductive healthcare nonprofit starting in September. She has a long career leading ...

It’s been widely speculated that Mendoza is eyeing a run to unseat sitting Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson in 2027.

The quarterly reports submitted to the Federal Elections Commission shed light on how candidates are spending money as well ...

Carol Moseley Braun is making waves in the push for more diverse leaders in politics. In 1993, she became the country’s first ...