Emery Matthews straightened piles of ballots in the lobby of the Congregation Rodfei Zedek polling place Tuesday afternoon as she waited for another rush of voters.

Juliana Stratton rode a late wave of momentum to win the Democratic nomination for Illinois’ open U.S. Senate seat, toppling longtime frontrunner Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi with the financial aid and ...

Local School Council (LSC) elections are taking place Wednesday across Chicago Public Schools, with students, parents, ...

Donna Miller, a south suburban Cook County commissioner, won the crowded Democratic primary for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday night.

This story is a collaboration between Illinois Answers Project and Capitol News Illinois. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, at a ...

A federal judge on Friday granted prosecutors’ motion to dismiss charges against two of six Democratic officeholders, candidates and activists indicted last fall after protesting outside a U.S.

With the March 17 primary days away, the leading candidates in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District Democratic race spent the weekend making their case to voters from Hyde Park to South ...

In January, a young man arrived at the University of Chicago Medical Center and received a cancer diagnosis expected to ...

Madama Butterfly” is one of the most frequently performed of all operas with gorgeous music that enraptures listeners. It is a masterpiece that survived a 1904 opening which flopped, and ...

And the only tool adequate to the crisis is the one the Founders left us: Article V. Masked paramilitary units grab residents off American streets. No identification, no warrants. Legal residents are ...

You can get the gist of “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” at the Goodman Owen Theatre without knowing Spanish or anything about Dominican history or culture, but you're ...