Voters in the metro-east county made it the 33rd to approve the symbolic measure to form a new state without Cook County.

Nearly two dozen Democrats are seen as possible contenders ahead of an invisible primary that will be shaped partly by Trump ...

More than $9 million was spent on mailers, ads, and text messages praising or savaging the candidates, according to a ...

Past and present Illinois politicians have figured prominently in wiretapped conversations introduced by prosecutors at the ...

"Assume the worst. Assume the most sinister," Joe Walsh said on Saturday about Trump's incoming administration.

An effort is underway in the Illinois legislature to protect water supplies from a new climate technology that still faces ...

Here’s a look at how Colorado members of Congress voted over the previous week.

What you’ve seen is that you have many fewer competitive seats in the country because the way in which redistricting is ...

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. Along with roll call votes this week, the House ...

The Cook County assessor's move was prompted by a Sun-Times investigation that found the owner of a Winnetka mansion is ...

Voting for Donald Trump does not make me racist, sexist, misogynistic, homophobic or any other “-ist” and “-ic” I’ve been ...

Democrats are waking up to the fact they will need to work with Donald Trump the next four years. But they could also have ...