The lawsuit faces two hurdles — the law and partisan politics, as viewed through the prism of power. Citing the Illinois Constitution, Republicans argue the state’s 118 House districts are drawn so ...

Good morning, Chicago. Legislation now on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk aims at providing protections for workers at large warehouses such as those run by Amazon by requiring employers to be more ...

The election handicapper Cook Political Report found Republicans with an advantage to keep control of the Senate in the 2026 ...

Fierce personal attacks and a debate about how to spend Western Australia’s iron ore riches erupted at the official start of campaigning in a state election Labor Premier Roger Cook insists is ...

The Cook County clerk’s office, which runs elections in the county’s suburbs, has thrown a wrench into Evanston’s plans, leading to a court battle that is still pending. Meanwhile ...

Our new interactive map features precinct-level results that anyone can download. By Wilson Andrews and Christine Zhang We’ve published a new interactive map of the 2024 election that shows ...

A Cook County sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot in Turks and Caicos Saturday while celebrating her sister’s 40th birthday at a popular restaurant, according to island authorities. Shamone A.

the County will be aggressively defending itself against all of them,” Cook said. After serving five terms as sheriff, Morina was defeated by Sammons in the 2021 election. Upon taking office ...

Ahead of the state’s election on March 8, Western Australia Premier Roger Cook will today visit the state’s governor to have the writs issued to place the state government into caretaker mode.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Department of Justice is suing Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies. In the 23-page lawsuit just filed Thursday morning in Chicago ...

Trump says he and Putin have agreed to begin 'negotiations' on ending Ukraine war ...

Cook County Judge Thomas Nowinski requested to be transferred to the court’s Third Municipal District in Rolling Meadows where he will hear misdemeanor and traffic cases starting Tuesday ...