Behind-the-scenes staff acrimony mirrors public tension betwee Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

Former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich received a pardon Monday from President Donald Trump. It comes five years ...

Trump's decision to commute Blagojevich's sentence was met with bipartisan criticism in Illinois. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker ...

US exceptionalism is reflected in a number of ways with important political ramifications. The electoral college and the ...

Fran Sullivan, an Oak Park activist on several fronts and member of the upstart 1972 Illinois Democratic Convention ...

BUT DEMOCRATS WARN THE COUNTRY’S DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM MAY NOT HOLD. Sen. Chris Murphy/D-CT We were watching the billionaires try to steal the government from the people. And I think the broad ...

Aviation Commissioner Jamie Rhee is retiring, OEMC director Jose Tirado is "transitioning out" and COPA chief Andrea Kersten ...

On Saturday, Feb. 1, the Democratic Nation Committee chose a new party chairperson, Minnesota’s Ken Martin. Martin, the longtime head of the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, promised to ...

Delaware Sen. Chris Coons agreed with CNN host Michael Smerconish that funding a "Sesame Street" show in Iraq could be a good use of taxpayer funding to teach "values" to Iraqi children ...

Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state will keep the new ...

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) won the first-in-the-state Hunterdon County Democratic Convention on Sunday, defeating Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, 89-68, in a second-ballot runoff. Sherrill led Baraka, ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...