Coming into this legislative session as a super minority in both the state House and Senate (meaning Democrats had veto-proof majorities in both chambers), some Illinois Republican…
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Democrats are one step closer to repealing legislation requiring that a minor consult her parent or guardian before getting an abortion. The bill, sponsored…
Less voices didn’t increase the civility any in the second Illinois gubernatorial debate. In a head-to-head match-up Oct. 3, Democratic hopeful JB Pritzker and Republican incumbent…
Public early childhood education academies could soon be required to keep and publish attendance records. Noting that chronic absenteeism puts students behind, members of the Illinois…
National Democratic Party leaders are once again targeting two of Metro East’s three Congressional Districts; all currently held by Republicans. However, the latest round of federal…
Democratic challenger Sean Casten has helped the Democrats take back the U.S. House of Representatives by defeating longtime Republican Peter Roskam in the Sixth Illinois Congressional…
Former Republican Congressman Aaron Schock of Peoria has lost his attempt to get a corruption case against him dismissed. The three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
Let the spending begin! In what could be the most expensive governor’s race in U.S. history, Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker will square off against incumbent Republican Bruce…
With scant notice, Rockford hospital ...Residents on Rockford’s west side are feeling abandoned and betrayed after Javon ...
Three men shot – one ...Three men were shot – one fatally -- Saturday afternoon on Chicago's ...
State ends fiscal year with ...Despite uncertainty over the economy and federal funding during the second half ...
USA’s 249th birthday celebration marked ...Independence Day fireworks shows are as old as the nation itself. According ...
