This far southwest suburban district provides one of the few competitive races on Illinois’ heavily gerrymandered political ...

The Trump administration's moves against Illinois has elevated incumbent Kwame Raoul’s role to defender of the state’s ...

The sale of the 8-by-11-inch work, titled “Alderman Merriam’s Shells” (1951), topped $1 million on Thursday, setting a record ...

An effort by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s opposition to ding him for running promotional videos produced by a semi-public agency ...

The last Republican comptroller ceded office a decade ago, when outgoing Democratic incumbent Susana Mendoza was first ...

One doctor is challenging us to rethink the way we think about healing by combining modern medicine and ancestral wisdom.

Deindustrialization hit major Midwestern cities, but not everyone recovered. The Curious Midwest series explores the ...

The primary elections in March featured several challenges to Democratic incumbents in the General Assembly, but now that the ...

Built by a past tobacco boom, Viroqua has become synonymous with the so-called Driftless Slow movement — or intentional ...

Homebuyers are running out of options while facing higher prices.

Tempers flared during Tuesday's hearing as participants grappled with the physical and psychological toll of the storm, which left thousands of Gary residents without electricity for a prolonged ...

Early voting is underway in parts of the state, including at the Downtown Chicago supersite. Early voting starts Oct. 7 in suburban Cook County, with more locations opening Oct. 19. For Chicagoans, at ...