Reader anecdotes show how threats and vitriol discourage involvement in public life, which impoverishes us all.

One person has loomed large over the controversial City Council ordinance giving police power to declare stricter teen curfews anywhere in Chicago: Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling.

The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President ...

Not to be outdone, Gov. JB Pritzker in February compared President Donald Trump’s administration and its supporters to the ...

Officials in several states took precautions Saturday to remove legislators' personal information from online directories.

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The man accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another went to the homes of two other legislators on the night ...

The tariffs wars involving global economic powerhouses such as the U.S. and China are being felt even in such distinctly local places as your regional amusement park.

The Legislature passed laws allowing smaller homes on smaller lots and making it harder for neighbors to block new housing.

A surprise offer, someone refuses to flip, a plane spills secrets, a task force turns the screws, someone agrees to squeal, ...

The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another is now charged with murder after police arrested him Sunday near his home ...

The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another has been taken into custody, two law enforcement ...