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.

Michael Madigan was so important to ComEd’s legislative agenda in Springfield that the utility was willing to bend over backwards to make the then-powerful House speaker happy, showering his cronies ...

Without an agreement between House GOP leader Lisa Demuth -- speaker of the House in the eyes of the GOP members -- and former DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman, the boycott likely will not end, ...

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 ...

Virgil Hobson, 57, and Christopher Williams, 49, both Democrats will appear on the ballot for Rockford's Fifth Ward. With three Democrats and no Republicans vying to represent southwest Rockford, the ...

Nestled along the curves of the Illinois River just outside the town of Hennepin is the country’s largest dry-mill ethanol plant, where a network of pipes, grain elevators and exhaust towers rise like ...

Advertising business veteran and spokesperson for FairVote Illinois, Gary Schotz, joins Bob Sirott to talk about Ranked Choice Voting in Illinois and explains what it is. He also discusses where ...

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

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

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

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 ...