SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers began working through mountains of proposed legislation this week as a Friday deadline approaches for bills to pass out of their original committees….
SPRINGFIELD — A programming error in Illinois’ automatic voter registration system that mistakenly enrolled more than 500 people was a “wakeup call,” the state’s top elections…
A group of volunteers from the League of Women Voters (LWV) Chicago stood on Michigan Avenue outside of Lollapalooza this past weekend (Aug. 2-5) in an effort to register young people…
If you’re disappointed in local politicians, “Grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run for office yourself,” said former President Barack Obama during his final presidential…
Legislation that proponents contend would have made the voting process easier for thousands of Illinois residents this fall has been vetoed. Gov. Bruce Rauner said he took the action…
SPRINGFIELD — While the information for approximately 4,700 16-year-olds was forwarded from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office to the Illinois State Board of Elections as…
They’re not out to seize firearms or gut the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But survivors of February’s fatal shootings of 17 in a rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
The state of Illinois has more registered voters than ever before, with numbers approaching 8 million, blowing past the high of 7.79 million set in the 2008 election, according to the…
Hinsdale couple file $500 million ...A Hinsdale couple have filed a $500 million claim against a car ...
Renovations close RiverEdge for seasonAurora’s RiverEdge Park is known around northern Illinois as a gem when ...
Chicago police shoot two suspects ...Chicago police shot two suspects – one fatally – in separate incidents ...
Police officers receive Medal of ...Twenty-three officers from 10 law enforcement agencies in Illinois have been awarded ...
