SIU faces funding cuts and political backlash as it fights to remain a vital force in rural Illinois education and economy.

Do you know which township you live in? Many people don’t. But Illinois has 1,426 of them, so it’s worth paying attention to what they do. Bob Anderson is. The former McHenry Township ...

While voters choose local leaders in the upcoming consolidated election, there are a good number of referendums on Illinois ...

Many Chicago-area residents will have an opportunity to cast ballots in a series of municipal elections this April, which ...

In West Philadelphia where he was born and raised, there’s now a street called Will Smith Way. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle ...

The election to fill a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat is quickly becoming a referendum on the Trump administration and a test ...

For Ric Offerman, Minooka’s mayor, these are inescapable environmental tradeoffs to secure a multibillion-dollar investment from Equinix, Inc., a Redwood City, California-based company that operates ...