The two candidates for Illinois’ U.S. Senate seat — both suburban women — challenged each other’s records on women’s rights, abortion access, guns and a bevy of other…
A Belleville politician spurred a heated backlash in the wake of controversial comments she made during a U.S. senatorial forum Feb. 18, comments she later said were aimed at getting…
Report for week ending September 8, 2017. UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $15.3 Billion for Disaster Relief: Voting 316 for and 90 against, the House on Sept. 8 gave final…
Zika Virus, Planned Parenthood, Confederate Flag: By a vote of 52 for and 46 against, the Senate on Sept. 6 failed to reach 60 votes needed to end Democratic delay and advance a bill…
Voting 234 for and 177 against, the House on June 8 passed a bill (HR 4775) that would delay from 2020 to 2026 the year by which states must submit plans to the Environmental Protection…
Five candidates are vying in the March 17 Illinois primary for the chance to be the Republican challenger to incumbent U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat, in the November general…
The 114th United States Congress started their session with a 30-seat Republican majority, the largest since 1928. It had seen a House Speaker resignation, speeches by a pope and Israeli…
The Dan Kelley family farm in McLean County was the site of the 2016 Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) Candidate Forum, held Aug. 24 just north of Normal. The forum, attended by a couple of…
Government, defense spar as child ...With the criminal trial of Elburn veterinarian Adam Stafford King fast approaching ...
Chicago woman grows her presence ...Chicago resident Lizzy Lopez was wondering what do with land her father ...
Berwyn man charged in homicideA 27-year-old Berwyn man has been charged in connection with an alleged ...
Thousands stand opposed to TrumpThroughout this spring in Chicago and across the country there have been ...
