As political division and mistrust surfaced again this inauguration week for Americans, some suburbs and Illinois towns are ...

A Madison County circuit court judge will hear oral arguments about whether to remove candidates from the April 2025 ballot ...

Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard has failed in her legal effort to stay on the ballot in an upcoming election after State Senator Napoleon Harris was nominated instead of her during a ...

Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard’s lawsuit alleging that a caucus improperly named state Sen. Napoleon Harris the ...

Crime, the future of the Par-A-Dice Casino and Peoria's effort to bring Amtrak to the city were all topics raised at the first mayoral debate.

It’s also possible to take parochial views too far, though. There are cases in which a proposal might benefit a lawmaker’s district while harming the state as a whole. A fair case can be made that, in ...

Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge and spent 60 days behind bars for her role in the Capitol riots, says she no longer believes the lies President Trump promoted.

Democrats in the Minnesota House who have boycotted daily sessions are using tactics that lawmakers elsewhere have tried ...

Germany’s opposition leader vowed Thursday to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected chancellor next month, as ...

A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color. Nassau County reached a ...