About 300 Illinois National Guard troops will remain activated in the Chicago area, as will about 200 soldiers from the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agree to take up a case that could have an effect on the 2026 midterm elections. The case, Watson ...

Some states, like Massachusetts, can’t gerrymander their U.S. House maps because they already have done so. There are no Massachusetts Republicans who serve in the U.S. House. The public is witnessing ...

As eight senators in Chuck Schumer’s caucus broke ranks to side with Republicans and vote to end the government shutdown fight he had engineered, the New York Democrat was on the phone trying to make ...

Following Riverdale Mayor Lawrence Jackson’s conviction, village trustees will select an acting mayor until April 2027.

Twenty-two candidates met the Nov. 3 filing deadline to run for U.S. Senate, as Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. plans to retire ...

In a rare move, a Democratic member called on the U.S. House of Representatives to disapprove of the behavior of a fellow ...

As the House convened Wednesday to hold a critical vote to end the government shutdown, an outspoken centrist Democrat took aim at a member of her own party, a surprise move that shocked Democrats.

Conservatives want mail-in ballots to be counted no later than Election Day. Illinois allows ballots postmarked or certified by Election Day to be counted up to 14 days after the election.

Bailey said the helicopter crash that killed his son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren "changed our family forever, but ...

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Elections deadlocked Tuesday on whether Senate President Don Harmon broke state election laws by accepting millions of dollars for his campaign after the 2024 ...