Under threat of fines and arrest, Democratic members of the Texas House left for Chicago to deny the GOP a quorum needed to ...

The call to action follows the currently stymied effort by the Texas GOP to redraw the state’s congressional map to try to ...

Chicago’s proposed transit overhaul leaves key problems intact, critics warn—jeopardizing integration, equity and oversight of multibillion-dollar projects.

On their first full day in Illinois and other northern states, Texas House Democrats who fled their home state to block a Republican-led midterm congressional redistricting plan on Monday encouraged ...

Texas Democrats joined Gov. JB Pritzker at a Sunday night news conference in Carol Stream where the Democratic governor railed on President Donald Trump as a "cult leader" and "would-be dictator of ...

Musikfest 2025 has music for everyone. Whatever your music genre heart’s desire, the 42nd Musikfest’s got you covered.

Rep. Danny Davis, 83, will speak at a news conference on Thursday morning to "formally share his decision" on his reelection to the House.

Nobody is opposed to redevelopment, but on the backs of a community that has already been disinvested in and is vulnerable, it’s just not the right thing to do,” said a Hayti native.

There is morality in ending a war. And there is morality in not ending one— when your enemies are still standing, when your ...

The White House is portraying Friday's launch of President Donald Trump's new tariffs regime as a testament to his ...

Wikimedia Commons/South Bend news-times Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Chicago’s deadliest race riot started with a 17-year-old ...