Illinois will have its first new senator in a decade after voters select someone to succeed U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. Here’s a ...

This is Illinois, which is a place of sharp elbows and rough-and-tumble politics. I can’t tell you that doesn’t seep into the ...

The Illinois governor has not announced whether he will seek a third term in Springfield next year, but he also has not said ...

Pritzker has not yet announced whether he will seek a third term as Illinois governor next year, while also not shooting down ...

Here is a very early look at the Democratic Party politicians considered to be potential 2028 presidential contenders in the next race for the White House.

Laesch, who previously served as alderman-at-large, defeated outgoing Mayor Richard Irvin in last month's election with 53% of the vote.

State Sen. Robert Peters, of Chicago, announced his campaign for a U.S. House seat representing parts of the city’s South ...

The more than $100 million spent on this spring’s Supreme Court election in Wisconsin set a new national record for spending on a state judicial race. The figure almost doubles ...

A popular Chicago restaurant chain is celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a sandwich named in the pontiff’s honor.

In a historic move, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, marking the first time an ...

Gunmen killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing party in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and four others who accompanied her, the second such local candidate ...