Lake, Porter candidates throw hats in the ring
As the first week of candidate filing wound down Friday afternoon, the May primary ballot...
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Illinois lawmakers return to Capitol facing $2.2B budget gap while pushing election-year affordability message
Affordability will be a key political theme of the coming Illinois General Assembly as leaders...
Vivek Ramaswamy’s family bodyguard arrested on drug trafficking charges
Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed alarm that a man who worked as...
Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey distances himself from President Trump but defends immigration crackdowns
Republican candidate for Illinois governor Darren Bailey said the Trump administration’s federal immigration crackdown is...
Rep. Bob Rita to run unopposed in primary after opponents removed or withdraw
Bob Rita, a Democrat who has represented the Blue Island area in the Illinois house,...
Lake County candidates jockey to be the first on the ballot
The race to be the first person to throw in their hat in the ring...
Indiana voters likely to see judge residency question in the 2026 ballot
Indiana voters will likely see a ballot question in the November election to amend the...
Cook County clerk’s office teams up with Chicago Bears to launch inaugural student election judge program
Dubbed “Defenders of DA’mocracy,” students are training to run early voting sites at their schools...
In backing Daniel Biss for Illinois’ 9th district, US Rep. Jan Schakowsky also warns of ‘out-of-state donors’
Retiring U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky endorsed Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss as her successor in Illinois'...
‘Broadview Six’ prosecution claims a political casualty as Cook County Board candidate ‘Cat’ Sharp exits race
Catherine "Cat" Sharp announced she was no longer running for county board because she needed...