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U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, 7th, endorses Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton for U.S. Senate on Sept. 8, 2025, at Ald. Emma Mitts’ offices in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

US Rep. Danny Davis endorses Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in Democratic Senate primary

September 8, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

In backing Juliana Stratton, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis is withholding his support from two longtime colleagues, Reps. Robin Kelly of Matteson and Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg.

Marking the start of the school year, Gov. JB Pritzker, right, greets teachers and staff members at Prairie Oak Elementary School in Berwyn, Sept. 4, 2025. Pritzker was at the school to talk about the impacts of pending federal actions on school communities. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker, others in Chicago preach peaceful protests as naval base OK’d for immigration enforcement

September 4, 2025 at 8:35 p.m.

As federal immigration enforcement threats continue, Gov. JB Pritzker and others call for peaceful protests to decrease chance President Donald Trump sends military personnel to Chicago.

A voter receives a ballot at Marya Yates Elementary School in Matteson on April 1, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Illinois election officials decline to give Justice Department sensitive voter data

September 3, 2025 at 2:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump's Justice Department is seeking Illinois voter birth dates, driver’s license numbers, signatures and partial Social Security numbers.

Gov. JB Pritzker talks near Trump Tower in Chicago on Aug. 25, 2025, about President Donald Trump's possible plan to deploy National Guard troops. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

As President Donald Trump appears to waffle on National Guard in Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker says, ‘do not come’

August 26, 2025 at 11:59 a.m.

The president's comments follow his statements Friday when he raised the idea of using the Guard in Chicago, as he previously did in Los Angeles and currently is doing in...

Robin Staggers, from the Cook County clerk’s office, waits for people to register to vote at an event in Chicago's Washington Park on Oct. 2, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Justice Department demands Illinois hand over voter data. Election officials are debating compliance.

August 24, 2025 at 6:15 p.m.

Illinois election officials are weighing a demand from President Trump's Justice Department that the state hand over voters’ birth dates, driver’s license numbers, signatures and partial Social Security numbers.

Michael Kasper, attorney for Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, argues Harmon’s appeal to Northbrook attorney Barbara Goodman, who served as the hearing officer for the Illinois State Board of Elections during a hearing on Aug. 20, 2025, at the Cook County Administration Building in Chicago’s Loop. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

State board’s $10 million fine against Senate President Don Harmon for fundraising is ‘ridiculous,’ lawyer says

August 20, 2025 at 5:22 p.m.

At issue is whether Oak Park Democrat Don Harmon improperly accepted campaign contributions not permitted under a law he co-sponsored.

People gather where former Commerce Secretary Bill Daley met for a Fair Maps Illinois panel discussion on Aug. 19, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Bipartisan group led by ex-Obama officials ‘rolling the dice’ on new remapping plan for Illinois legislature

August 19, 2025 at 6:37 p.m.

“Fair Maps Illinois” marks the third attempt since 2014 to reduce heavy partisan influence in how Illinois district boundaries are drawn following the once-per-decade census.

Texas state Rep. John Bucy III, is part of a group of Texas Democrats who left the state for Illinois in an attempt to block a redistricting effort by Texas Republicans. Bucy stands at West Monroe Street in Chicago at the South Branch of the Chicago River on Aug. 14, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

As Texas Democrats plan Illinois departure, lawmaker hopes daughters will one day see ‘dad fought back’

August 15, 2025 at 3:10 p.m.

While the standoff appears to be drawing to a close, Texas Democrats in Illinois have laid the groundwork for declaring victory even if the Texas GOP eventually passes its map.

Democratic Texas Rep. and minority leader Gene Wu speaks during a news conference in Elmhurst, Aug. 8, 2025. (Paul Beaty/AP)

Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle

August 8, 2025 at 6:49 p.m.

Texas' Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather than where Texas lawmakers are located in suburban Chicago.

Gov. JB Pritzker appears on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" on Aug. 5, 2025. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)

Gov. JB Pritzker says he’s working with state and local authorities to protect Texas lawmakers, especially after suburban hotel bomb threat

August 7, 2025 at 9:33 a.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker also said it is "never too late" for Illinois to consider redrawing its congressional district boundaries ahead of the 2026 election in the wake of efforts by...

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