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The Republican field for the 2014 Illinois governor's race began to crystalize Monday as candidate Dan Rutherford, the Illinois treasurer, announced a Chicago attorney as his lieutenant governor pick.
Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer and an opportunity for candidates for Illinois governor to get their campaigns in gear.
One of the four Illinois Congressmen who attended a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill about Syria says a U.S. response is essential.
Senator Mark Kirk ruffled a lot of feathers with his recent plan to round up 18,000 gang members but a group of South Side pastors say they have a way for him to redeem himself: Help pass legislation to give African Americans reparation.
Cardinal George says it is not only people of Muslim faith that are being hurt by violence in Syria.
Today's storms didn't stop an immigration rally in front of Congressman Dan Lipinski's office on the Southwest Side.
Sen. Dick Durbin wants to hear to hear specifics from President Obama before agreeing to military strikes against Syria because there are neither U.S. lives nor territory at stake.
While Kirk and Rush appeared unified in their support of the South Side area, they disagreed over the fundamental way to turn things around there.
The Western Springs lawmaker was elected Thursday afternoon in Springfield. Rep. Jim Durkin's challenger had been state Rep. Raymond Poe of Springfield.
Thousands of Chicago students essentially told Mayor Rahm Emanuel to go jump in a lake -- a very cold lake, to boot -- when they hit the books this summer.
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said Thursday that Congress must have a say about what to do about the ongoing civil war in Syria.
Starting next year, flicking a cigarette butt onto the ground could cost you plenty.
A couple hundred fast food and retail workers chanted "we can't survive on $8.25" as they rallied outside and inside the Rock N Roll McDonald's in the River North neighborhood.
The Illinois Tollway is resorting to potential embarrassment to put pressure on businesses that routinely fail to pay their tolls.
Former Illinois GOP Chair Pat Brady, who was pushed out by party conservatives because of his vocal support for same-sex marriage, is writing his next chapter by tackling the same issue.
