Jeremy Gorner is a beat reporter for the Tribune's Metro staff, covering Illinois state government from the Statehouse in Springfield. He previously covered the Chicago Police Department for the newspaper, and he joined the Tribune in 2006 to cover breaking news for its online news desk.
The Democratic Party's approach to crime has vastly changed since the 1996 convention in Chicago, when Joe Biden took to the floor to tout a tough crime bill passed two...
Former President Barack Obama returned to his adopted hometown to keynote the second night of the Democratic National Convention, offering an aspirational goal for the county to elect Kamala Harris.
"The Prairie State, home of four presidents, including President Barack Obama!" Gov. JB Pritzker shouted as he announced the Illinois count on the floor of the United Center.
Ahead of his Democratic National Convention speech, Gov. JB Pritzker elaborated the “concern” he had over President Joe Biden’s electoral chances before he quit the race.
The eyes of the political world turn to Chicago this week as tens of thousands of delegates, media, dignitaries and political influencers arrive for a historic Democratic National Convention.
President Joe Biden signed a proclamation designating the site of the 1908 Springfield race riot, one of the most egregious outbreaks of race-related violence in U.S. history, as a national...