As she worked the campaign trail more than a year ago, Cook County state’s attorney hopeful Eileen O’Neill Burke made a promise to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Leaders We Deserve, co-founded by David Hogg, announced launching an effort to primary “out-of-touch, ineffective” House ...

For now, candidates are anxiously awaiting word from both Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Dick Durbin, but the behind-the-scenes ...

Hopefuls were already staking their claims Wednesday to vie for three major property tax offices on the 2026 ballot: county assessor and two seats on the county’s Board of Review.

Last week’s Illinois Supreme Court decision dismissing a Republican challenge to the state’s gerrymandered legislative maps prompted two common public reactions.

David Hogg, the first member of Gen Z to serve as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, is putting millions toward ...

Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway compared sports commentator Stephen A. Smith to former President Obama and President Trump, explaining they were all “political outsiders.”  Conway joined Fox ...

"Let’s hope other institutions follow suit," former President Obama says after President Trump retaliated against the university.

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten’s trip is in line with national Democratic efforts to host ‘town halls’ in Republican districts.

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer temporarily held up a folder to block her face from cameras in an Oval Office ...

By taking himself out of the running for a third term as governor next year, Pritzker could position himself as a leader with ...

A group of challengers stepping up against veteran Democrats in recent months are railing against the ways they feel the ...