Rep. Jeanne Ives Defends Controversial Campaign Ad
Ives is refusing to take down a controversial campaign ad, despite many denouncing it as "offensive" and "divisive."
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Ives is refusing to take down a controversial campaign ad, despite many denouncing it as "offensive" and "divisive."
A Holocaust denier who openly touts white supremacist and anti-Semitic views on his campaign website will be the only Republican on the ballot in the 3rd congressional district in Illinois.
Many challenges are in progress and cannot be resolved by Thursday of next week, when early voting is scheduled to begin, a board of elections spokesperson says.
Ira Silverstein entered Friday's hearing at the Board of Elections with his political future uncertain.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) a "stooge for the president."
"It was an unfortunate choice of words, and I'm sorry for any consternation it caused," Blair Garber tells WBBM Newsradio.
Bob Fioretti says he's asking the county's ethics panel to look into more than 50 campaign contributions to Board President Toni Preckwinkle.
Gov. Bruce Rauner used his fourth State of the State address to call for collaborative efforts to combat a number of issues in Illinois.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is disappointed in the immigration reforms President Donald Trump outlined in his State of the Union address Tuesday.
Illinois Congressmen Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren and several other House Republicans on their way to a retreat in West Virginia were on board a train that hit a garbage truck Wednesday morning in Virginia.
Pritzker says there was nothing sinister or illegal about the wiretapped phone call he made to Blagojevich about a job nine years ago.
President Donald Trump is set to deliver one of the most anticipated State of the Union speeches in years Tuesday evening.
Ever the supporter of public petitions, former Gov. Pat Quinn has added his voice to the growing criticism of Bank of America for ending its only free checking account option that doesn't require a minimum balance.
How safe is your voter information? Some lawmakers say it's not, if Illinois continues to take part in a voter fraud program called Crosscheck.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky is among the members of Congress who intend to boycott President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address.
