During the ceremony, Mayor Johnson gave a special resolution making Chicago a Purple Heart City for retired Illinois Air ...

Democratic incumbent Gregg Johnson was re-elected to represent Illinois' 72nd House District on Tuesday, the only local ...

Democratic incumbent Gregg Johnson was reelected to represent Illinois' 72nd House District on Tuesday, the only local contested statehouse race on Rock Island County's ballot. Johnson defeated ...

For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters on Tuesday chose 10 people to be on the city’s partially elected, 21-member ...

Tara Stamps was already appointed to fill the Cook County Board vacancy after Mayor Brandon Johnson moved to City Hall. She ...

Security has been beefed up here at the state Capitol. The Secretary of State’s Office has added more police officers to ...

A closely-watched congressional race in Western Illinois could tilt the balance of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Chicagoans will vote for an elected school board for the first time.

A judge Tuesday set an early 2025 trial date for a former Georgia district attorney charged with interfering with the police ...

More conservative candidates lost election bids for Johnson County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, including one commissioner who sought a second term.

As part of this year's election coverage, the Commercial-News is running a series of election stories. In part one, we explored three statewide advisory questions which will be posed to voters this ...

Federal and state authorities are working to find the origins of racist text messages sent to Black people across the country ...