Down staters are leaving Chicago to make their own state, that’s the idea behind a nonprofit organization called New Illinois ...

Many voters don’t make the time to cast a ballot in their local elections, and that is a sad statement for our democracy.

Cook County ... to the county clerk’s office. Bass alleges that after the First District Illinois Appellate Court ruled March 10 that his name could appear on the Rich Township ballot, Al ...

Evanston voters overwhelmingly passed a referendum intended to cover growing deficits projected into the mid-2020s for ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering significant changes to local government operations by proposing the dissolution or ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. ( WGN) — The Cook County Sheriff Police’s new shooting range and training center in Maywood is complete ...

Sangamon County officials are urging the community to voice their opposition to a proposed Illinois bill that would amend the Township Code.

The Will County Board voted "yes" to a proposed quarry in Wheatland Township. The approved special project allows the land ...

The remaining bodies at the crematory have been transferred to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office, Mendoza said in a statement. — SBA’s Illinois office staying in Chicago as regional ...

Happy Thursday, Illinois. It’s Danny again ... The two live in Bonita Springs, a beach community in Lee County where Republicans outnumber Democrats by a more than 2-to-1 margin.

Wheatland United, as the Democratic party is known, is the incumbent party. One Wheatland Republican candidates in the race ...