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President Biden made his case for a second term and responded to criticism about whether he’s fit for the job. One area voter thought he looked strong, while another thought he was the “lesser of two evils.”
‘I know the last five months have been gut-wrenching for so many people, for the Israeli people, the Palestinian people, and so many here in America,’ Biden said.
Lance Michael Ligocki is now one of nearly 50 Illinois residents charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
Mayor Brandon Johnson received a tour detailing the homeless veteran services provided at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center a day after an appellate court ruled votes would be counted in the Bring Chicago Home ballot referendum.
“We want to make sure that we maintain peace,” Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said during a news conference Wednesday about this summer’s Democratic National Convention. “We’re going to police constitutionally.”
A lower court judge had sided with opponents in the real estate industry, who argued the wording of the referendum question was invalid because it combined a tax cut with a tax increase.
Haley is not planning to endorse former President Donald Trump in her Wednesday announcement.
Early voting sites include one in each Chicago ward and at 53 village halls, courthouses, community centers and other suburban venues.
The nation’s high court reversed a Colorado Supreme Court decision to knock Trump from that state’s ballot.
What’s really needed is to shore up local news. Voters say they don’t have access to clear, unbiased information on candidates amid a well-documented decline of local newspapers and news media.
Eileen O’Neill Burke, who faces Clayton Harris III in the Democratic primary, has received hundreds of thousands from conservatives.
Chicago residents can vote early at any site in the city regardless of their address, through March 18.
The longtime former secretary of state called Pete DiCianni’s conduct “inappropriate and divisive,” as seen in an encounter with protesters of police violence.
If you want to know if I think J.B. Pritzker, in his second term as Illinois governor, will one day run for president, I do. It’s nothing he said. I’m just reading the tea leaves.
Cook County Judge Tracie Porter put her ruling on hold until Friday, expecting Trump’s lawyers to appeal. They did so hours after the decision was handed down. For now, nothing has changed at the ballot box. If Porter’s ruling does go into effect, she ordered that “any votes cast” for Trump “be suppressed.”
Judge Tracie Porter’s decision comes amid national debate over whether Trump is disqualified from the presidency because of his actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and whether that attack amounted to an insurrection.
First elected to Congress in 2008, Foster is a former Fermilab physicist known to fellow Democrats as the “science guy.” Rashid is a Naperville human rights lawyer.
Incumbent Commissioner Tara Stamps has less campaign money than her Democratic challenger, but Stamps does have the blessing of County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.
Unions have already contributed more than $500,000 to support Rep. Mary Flowers’ opponent, Michael Crawford in the 31st District Illinois House Democratic primary March 19.
A Cook County judge ruled the ballot question is invalid. But advocates and opponents say voters should still weigh in on the referendum.
Bailey, a former GOP candidate for governor, is calling the 12th Congressional District GOP primary a battle of “America First vs. D.C. Swamp.”
Hours after Circuit Judge Kathleen Burke declared the binding referendum invalid, the city filed a motion asking Burke to stay both her ruling and her decision to deny the city’s petition to intervene in the case “while the city appeals” those rulings.
Nhi Ngoc Mai Le pleaded guilty in November to disorderly conduct in a Capitol building or grounds, and to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, both misdemeanors. She was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
Garcia, one of the most progressive members of the House, faces Lopez, a Chicago alderperson and frequent Fox News guest.
Rogers’ half brother, attorney Frederic Everly, specializes in tax appeals, and Rogers’ aides have facilitated property tax breaks for some of Everly’s clients, according to documents obtained by WBEZ.
Voters would be asked to authorize the City Council to alter the real estate transfer tax and use the proceeds to generate $100 million a year to combat homelessness.
A Brookings Institution expert explains why seniority in Congress has clear benefits for individual members and their constituents.
Many voters told the Sun-Times they would feel more assured in their picks — and, experts say, a significant share of non-voters might be more inclined to join the process — if they had better access to clear, unbiased information to help them make choices.
Giving young Democrats information on the improving economy, Donald Trump’s misdeeds and other issues generally led to only small increases in whether they said they would vote for President Biden in 2024, two political scientists write.
