Lawmakers running for reelection loathe tough votes. And for senators up in purple states in two years, those tough votes are ...

Vote by vote, the local control plan is working. Earlier this year, lawmakers voted to stop collecting the 1% tax on grocery ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senate Vote 4: TAX COURT JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Cathy Fung to be a judge on the U.S. Tax Court for a 15-year term. Fung has been an Internal Revenue Service attorney, in ...

Many people may be dealing with their emotions post-election. Some may be feeling it more than others. Yvonne Boose talks ...

Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court found that Congress alone can wield Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which blocks ...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker toured the Wedge Innovation Center in downtown Alton on Thursday, where he learned about the ...