You may never have heard of Brooklyn, Illinois. You might not be aware it’s one of the country’s first Black settlements, or ...

Then there were some key senate ... once was Illinois in any such conversations, given how well the Illinois state legislature gerrymandered the state. Among Illinois’ 17 House districts ...

Is it significant? Yes. Is it historical? Yes. Is it neglected? Yes. So, these things should be saved, not paved over and ...

Jimmy Carter was a former one-term governor from Georgia, almost unknown nationally, when he broke through in Iowa and New ...

Here’s our holiday gift list for Illinois public officials who stood out for their work — and their flubs. To Gov. JB Pritzker, a 3D wood-carved map of New Hampshire because it looks like he ...

Durbin, Democrat of Illinois and chair ... legal in 38 states and the District of Columbia, with Missouri set to become the 39th state in 2025. This was the first Senate hearing focused on the ...

With the exception of the District of Columbia — where the current minimum wage is $17.50 — the state of Washington ... In Delaware, Illinois, and Rhode Island, the statewide minimum hourly ...

Favorable political districts for Illinois Democrats starting in 2010 ... us probably 10 to one at least in all of these House and Senate races and on media on Chicago markets.

The manuscript traced Tim’s life in politics, beginning with running for third grade class president in his native Janesville ...

Democrats are scrambling for a new leader to head the party and organize resistance to President-elect Trump following Vice ...

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Manchester) broke his own record as the longest-serving member of Congress in New Jersey history today when he took the oath of ...