Preckwinkle To Face Taxpayers In Palatine
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle faces taxpayers in Palatine tonight.
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle faces taxpayers in Palatine tonight.
State lawmakers in Indiana are working to enact some of the highest abortion restrictions in the country.
When Indiana house democrats fled the state for 34 days in February and March, the Republicans talked about preventing "bolting" by making it illegal.
A former candidate for Illinois governor didn't get out of politics after he lost in last year's Republican primary.
President Barack Obama's relationship with his hometown may be best described as a long-distance love affair. He lavishes attention on it from afar and proud Chicago pines for its hometown hero, though the two rarely see each other.
Thousands of union workers gathered at Daley Plaza on Saturday in a show of solidarity for union colleagues in Wisconsin, where the governor and Republican lawmakers have passed legislation severely limiting their collective bargaining rights.
Sen. Mark Kirk predicted a final-hour agreement on a stopgap spending bill. But that is not why Illinois' junior senator is pleased with the budget compromise announced late Friday.
Mayor Daley continued feeling the love of Chicagoans on his newly launched farewell tour. Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel was busy mending fences.
The Illinois House has approved a proposal to keep the state's list of registered gun owners secret.
There are tens of thousands of federal employees from various government agencies and departments in Chicago. If there is a government shutdown, a lot of them will be staying home.
A diagnosis of prostate cancer is forcing the mayor of Gary to suspend his campaign for re-election.
A federal government shutdown likely wouldn't affect the retrial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich later this month.
Ald. Bernard Stone's long and colorful political career might be coming to an end, but he's found a new gig on talk radio – at least for one day.
State lawmakers want to make sure atrocities such as those documented at a group home in downstate Charleston never happen again.
A controversial state Supreme Court ruling says people who can legally carry guns in other states can bring their firearms into Illinois.
