A conservative legal organization is ratcheting up its opposition to the requirement in Illinois that mail-in ballots be counted for 14 days after Election Day by calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse federal court rulings that upheld the law because three Republican plaintiffs lacked the legal standing to challenge it.

More than 400 progressive community members, activists and elected officials gathered in Albany Park Saturday to discuss how a second Trump term will impact Illinois and Chicago.

President-Elect Donald Trump may have lost Illinois, but the margin he lost by was the best performance for a Republican presidential candidate in decades. On Monday, with 98 percent of precincts reporting,

Majority-GOP counties join other counties that have approved similar nonbinding measures in recent years as residents have expressed disapproval of policies passed by the Democrat-led Illinois General Assembly and Chicago officials.

Veto session begins at the Illinois Statehouse in Springfield Tuesday and last week’s election of Donald Trump may be top of mind. Gov. J.B. Pritzker expects the Illinois Legislature to work on policies he said would be aimed at countering anything coming from an incoming Trump administration.

After two weeks of counting mail-in ballots, the Republican incumbent appears poised to eke out victory over Democratic challenger Maria Peterson, who hasn't ruled out requesting a recount of McLaughlin's razor-thin lead in the 52nd House District.

The Chicago mayoral election is still more than two years away, but one prominent Illinois politician is being urged to consider a run for the job.

Illinois lawmakers have passed new legislation spurred by the story of a woman who was sexually abused by a teacher, only to have a psychiatrist claim that not all cases of sexual abuse are traumatic when she sued Chicago Public Schools.

The conviction of Jussie Smollett has now been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. The "kicked out of show business" comedian made the move after the election of Donald Trump The post Ellen DeGeneres Has Moved to Great Britain, Lists Montecito Estate: ‘Never Coming Back’ to the United States | Exclusive appeared first on TheWrap.

When Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, some Illinois lawmakers are looking at actions they think they should take to protect the state’s progress on issues like abortion and immigration.

For the first time Wednesday, jurors in Michael Madigan's trial came face-to-face with one of the recipients of $1.3 million funneled by ComEd to Madigan's allies. Madigan allegedly said, “This is how I reward my good soldiers.