Doug Belkin covers higher education and national news out of the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal.

The gambling giant is relaunching its plan to sell ownership shares of the casino to women and minority investors with a ...

The Emanuel administration had immense disdain for public education, particularly for Black, Brown and poor children, and he ...

“These two Radical Left fools left behind two cities that will take years to recover from their incompetence and evil,” he ...

Expect announcements from Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Rep. Lauren Underwood within hours and days ...

Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted Tuesday of conspiracy to commit murder in the 2019 killing of her estranged husband in Arizona. The jury returned the verdict after starting deliberations on ...

The 80-year-old Democrat told WBEZ in an Illinois exclusive that age was a factor in his not seeking a sixth term in the U.S.

Expect announcements from Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Rep. Lauren Underwood within hours and days ...

A jury in Arizona has found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of conspiring to kill her late husband Charles Vallow after she was convicted in 2023 of killing two of her own children. Prosecutors allege ...

A verdict has been reached in Lori Vallow Daybell's latest case. Meanwhile, the matriarch—who represented herself in the case—pleaded not guilty to her husband's murder, alleging that her ...