Former Chicago Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) was a late entry Thursday in the field of candidates seeking the Cook County Democratic Party’s endorsement for commissioner of the Metropolitan Water ...

The City also confirmed that Freeport has received a clean, unmodified audit opinion, which is the highest opinion that can ...

Budget - SB 2510 (Welch/Sims) created the fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget appropriation bill. The budget is based on ...

The McCracken County Sheriff's Office issued a release Wednesday regarding a major traffic buildup on the Brookport Bridge. Sheriff Ryan Norman said there were no accidents on either the Bridge ...

The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw ...

The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, help us quantify its political trajectory.— Much of the Heartland and Midwest has come to lean more to the GOP over the past two decades, though the ...

Five takeaways from the latest campaign fundraising reports: Totals raise questions about two key senators Fundraising ...

Less than a week after a scathing report from auditor James Schmersahl regarding accounting incompetence at Oak Hill, the facility’s director is no longer employed with the county-owned senior ...

Florida’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state’s current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district in north Florida ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a record $303.8 million in missing money to nearly 312,000 residents, businesses and organizations through the I-CASH program during ...

EAST ST. LOUIS The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced lane and ramp closures on eastbound Interstate 55/64 ...

Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a seasoned federal prosecutor, has been fired by the Justice ...