Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union when things ...

There promises to be nothing boring about the Illinois race to replace U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who will retire in 2027 after ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

Between superheroes and super friends, ballet dancers and a champion bulldog, this week’s picks bring a cast of characters ...

As Illinois residents scrambled to meet the Real ID deadline, many instead ran into long lines, appointment shortages and ...

Two hours in the state capital was enough for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to criticize ...

A federal judge in New York issued a preliminary order Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from cutting off states’ ...

The report says Illinois graduates who transferred from a community college take out, on average, 38% more debt than those ...

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has represented the 8th Congressional District since 2017. He was born in India and grew up in ...

Casey Means has no government experience and dropped out of her surgical residency program, saying she became disillusioned ...

Tax-increment financing wasn’t invented in Chicago, but former Mayor Richard M. Daley perfected it as he worked to transform Mud City into a gleaming metropolis.

Chicago faces an affordable housing shortfall of more than 119,000 units, and more than half of Chicagoans spend more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities, making them burdened by housing ...