The former Illinois house speaker quietly wielded power in Springfield for decades while developing a reputation as a reclusive political wizard, well-schooled in the playbook of the late Chicago ...

A descendant of Italian immigrants, State Rep. Vella calls State Sen. Syverson’s comments a “political move” – something like ...

(The Center Square) – Chicago’s migrant crisis is front-and-center for both U.S. House candidates in Illinois’ First District ...

Three Hills; 400 pages; $36.95 and £28.99 W HEN Gerald Ford accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president at the ...

Illinois Democrats and Republicans are using the vice presidential debate to organize volunteers to write postcards, work at the polls or sign up to canvass in battleground states. Start your engines: ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign may be over, but in the Livingston County community of Dwight, a loyal outpost ...

Former President Donald Trump’s plan to deport criminal illegal immigrants could run into a roadblock in Illinois as ...

The advisory referendum is not binding. But if passed later, Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration estimates the tax could ...

Illinois government workers’ union dues fund Democratic Party campaign committees, which are now seeking to tip the ...

Wall St. Insights This election cycle, Harris and Trump campaigns are focusing their resources on a handful of key ...

Madigan won a six-month reprieve on his trial, which was supposed to begin this past April, as the Supreme Court considered Snyder. After the high court ruled on the case in June, he said several of ...