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 ...

Closing arguments have begun at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago.

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 ...

Vote for the current Illinois flag not because it is so great, but because anything else wastes our tax dollars.

Even though former Vice President remains the most well-known active Democratic leader nationally, there are a number of rising stars and ambitious state officials in the party who would be eyeing the ...

Elizabeth, a Chicagoan in the U.S. without legal permission and mother of three, is used to being involved in her community on the Northwest Side through volunteering at her children’s school and ...

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges against any state ...

With the Democrats in the minority in both chambers of the US Congress, it's likely the anti-Trump resistance will be led ...

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday began the process of formally dismissing cases against more than four dozen Illinoisans ...