Mike Flannery, Derrick Blakley, and Craig Dellimore are three of Chicago's most respected journalists, all having covered ...

Gerrymandering is a longtime tactic used to give political advantage to one party over another when redrawing legislative ...

Illinois officials’ criticisms of Texas lawmakers gerrymandering maps are drawing accusations of hypocrisy, but what is ...

Gov. JB Pritzker defended signing into law an increase in retirement payouts for recently hired Chicago police and ...

My guess is there's very few comedians or late night talk show hosts who are going to bend the knee,” said one local late ...

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

A group of Texas Democrats have come to Illinois ahead of a controversial vote in the state’s legislature that could help determine control of Congress.

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers from Texas fled the state overnight, some flying to Chicago in an attempt to block a vote on a ...

Minutes later, as they stared at their phones, Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated the ordering of their arrest. The atmosphere, ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he’s open to reviving the job-killing head tax and a thinly disguised bid to impose a city ...

Police beats that had ShotSpotter sensors saw an approximately 17.8% decrease in violent crime and a 37.5% decrease in ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a threat. If Democrats who left the state to block a redistricting bill are not at the ...