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.

As political division and mistrust surfaced again this inauguration week for Americans, some suburbs and Illinois towns are looking to put into action a system that proponents hope can boost fairness ...

Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) has introduced a bill he says would improve election security in Illinois.

Belleville City Clerk Jenny Gain Meyer raised more than $46,000 in the last three months of 2024 for her campaign to unseat ...

After years of warm relations with the Biden White House, a grim reality sets in for Illinois, with Donald Trump inauguration ...

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Incumbent Kelly M. Burke defeated David Sheppard in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 36 on November 8, 2022. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate ...

Unlike in 2021, there were no objections to the results. Harris conceded to Trump the day after Election Day, and no Democrats have challenged the outcome as many Republican allies of Trump did in ...

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-IL, released a statement Monday morning. “Today, January 6, 2025, Congress will vote to certify the 2024 presidential election in a Joint Session of Congress ...

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