Biden campaigning in California, Illinois in final days before midterms
November 4, 2022
The president is focusing on ways to help vulnerable Democrats and pushes high tech accomplishments in America.
Trump touts tariffs in Illinois, where many workers lose
July 26, 2018
Steelworkers in Granite City, Illinois, threw a street party — complete with hot dogs, cold beer and a singer in red, white and blue —
Winner-take-all primaries thump Trump?
March 14, 2016
GOP front-runner Donald Trump tried to prove over the weekend that no perceived misstep can derail his march to the Republican presidential nomination. Trump enjoyed
A defining moment, or maybe not
March 14, 2016
Tuesday’s primaries could provide a defining moment in the race for the Republican nomination for president — or not. So far, Donald Trump has been
A con man cop’s suicide shocks town
November 5, 2015
Public works employees were pulling down the blue ribbons residents had tied to trees and poles as a tribute to their slain hero. Signs around
Unions ‘all-in’ governor’s race in Illinois
March 20, 2014
The candidates for Illinois governor laid out their vastly different visions Wednesday on how to revive the state’s lagging economy, as national labor unions and
Reviving a lagging economy a key issue in Illinois
March 19, 2014
The race for Illinois governor is shaping up as a battle of vastly different visions on how to revive a lagging economy in one of
Gay couple allowed to marry early in Illinois
November 28, 2013
In Illinois, the 16th state to legalize and recognize gay marriages, a Chicago woman dying of cancer wed her female partner six months before the
Illinois expands background checks on all gun purchases
August 19, 2013
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a gun-control measure into law on Sunday that expands background checks to cover all firearms purchases in the state, closing
More political scandals for Illinois
January 9, 2013
When Illinois’ new General Assembly takes the oath of office Wednesday, the state that’s still struggling to rebuild its image after two consecutive governors went