While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, the Nov. 4 election will be the first major electoral sign of the ...

Former President Barack Obama is headlining rallies for Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey. Those elections may signal the national mood 10 months into Donald Trump’s ...

The bill now goes to Gov. JB Pritzker. The governor’s office did not return a request for comment about whether Pritzker backs the legislation.

Illinois lawmakers approved a $1.5 billion transit overhaul funded partly by a 45-cent toll hike. Supporters call it a lifeline for CTA, Pace, and Metra, while critics say it shortchanges downstate ...

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor has signed a bipartisan bill that would allow candidates to remove their names from the ballot. The bipartisan law Gov.

A Wisconsin judge has put on hold his order that requires elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million ...

Maya Wiley explains why Trump's decision to send election monitors to New Jersey and California may lead to more executive overreach.