Illinois State Representative Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, announced Thursday he is running for reelection. Swanson represents the ...

Republican State Representative Wayne Rosenthal says he will seek re-election next year. Rosenthal is from Morrisonville and ...

Republican Rock Island Alderman Glen Evans Sr., First Ward, has announced his candidacy for Illinois State Senate District 36 ...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch on Monday gave his endorsement to Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton in her bid for US ...

Illinois law loosened school bond restrictions, allowing districts to authorize some debt without an election. That caused a ...

As sentencing proceeds for four people convicted in the ComEd Four trial, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan plans ...

The retirement of longtime Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin has set up a competitive primary for U.S. Senate in Illinois. The ...

The request from Madigan’s lawyers is no surprise. They warned Judge John Blakey it’d be coming after Blakey handed down a ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to create ...

As candidates file financial reports in Illinois’ crowded congressional races, Jesse Jackson Jr. laid groundwork for a comeback attempt.

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

Debate over President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget-and-policy package is over on Capitol Hill. Now the argument goes ...