The consolidated election is set for April 1, with Manhattan's mayor making a push for a second term and going up against a ...

Michael Kingas had traveled from Chicago to Michigan on Friday evening with his family. On Saturday, it was discovered he went back to Illinois.

The stopgap funding bill has already passed in the House and faces a late deadline tonight in the Senate to avoid a shutdown. While Republicans have a majority in the Senate, they’ll need some ...

Legislation in the Illinois House would empower inspectors general, restrict lobbying by elected leaders, add protections ...

— Brian Gladstein is now executive director of the Friends of the Parks nonprofit in Chicago. He was a fundraising consultant ...

Precisely one month from the history-making moment former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, ...

A veteran prosecutor who played a key role in the recent trials of ex-Ald. Edward Burke and former House Speaker Michael ...

Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...

The search for Chicago’s 42nd U.S. attorney comes at a significant moment in history for an office long extolled as a model ...

Who’s paying?: Areas like the Near West Side, Logan Square and Bronzeville have been particularly hard hit by rising taxes, ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered a unique state budget address. Sure, he included topics conventionally covered in such speeches — like revenue projections and an outline of some spending ...