The confirmation of April M. Perry ends a rocky trek that saw her nomination as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of ...

Preliminary, unofficial election results show no seats in the state House or Senate have changed party hands, although a few ...

While Illinois might be known as the Prairie State, wetlands can be found from border to border. These important ecosystems are now under threat due to a 2023 Supreme Court ruling. Jess Savage reports ...

This November, UChicago students voting locally will have the chance to elect one justice to the Illinois Supreme Court, four judges to the Illinois Appellate Court, and 32 judges to the local courts ...

The Illinois law bans the sale and distribution of many kinds of high-powered semiautomatic "assault weapons," including ...

A federal judge on Friday overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings ...

An advisory referendum asking Peoria Township voters if the state of Illinois should implement ranked-choice voting in statewide elections garnered strong support. According to the Peoria County ...

In Illinois Democrats won 14 of the state's 17 congressional districts, and Republicans won three, NBC News projects. We will only use your address to look up your district. The expected vote is ...

One of three non-binding measures put to Illinois voters on Tuesday asked whether candidates interfering with or attempting to interfere with an election worker's duties should be subject to civil ...

The race in Illinois's 4th Congressional District is between Democrat Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, the incumbent, and Republican Lupe Castillo. The expected vote is the total number of votes that are ...

The race for president tops the list of federal, state and local contests in Illinois, where voters have supported the Democratic presidential nominee for decades but lower-ballot contests are ...