Where do we want Illinois to be in 10 to 20 years? The state’s young leaders should create a vision.

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s campaign team says she’s been endorsed by Gov. JB Pritzker in her re-election bid — and she has polling that shows she could trounce ...

As his sentencing on his corruption conviction arrives, Michael Madigan is placing fervent hope on the backing of a wide range of supporters, outlined in more than 200 letters to the federal judge … ...

Jim Edgar, Bill Weld and Christine Todd Whitman, as well as former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan. The appeal to democratic values has been central to the Harris campaign’s outreach to ...

Ex-Speaker Madigan sentenced to 7½ years in prison for bribery, corruption Judge hammers former speaker for ‘willfully’ lying on witness stand at trial ...

The storms caused more than $9 million in property damage, prompted visits from political dignitaries such as former Gov. Jim Edgar and then-first lady Hillary Clinton and left untold emotional ...

But on Friday, a new term was added to the former speaker’s list of legacy-defining terms when U.S. District Judge John Blakey sentenced Madigan to 90 months, or 7½ years, in federal prison.

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Jim Leyland has walked the hallowed grounds of Cooperstown, where his plaque currently resides as a member of the 2024 National Baseball Hall of Fame class.

Film Awards will take place Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, with the 37th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival scheduled ...

The bill has to pass the House again before the president can sign it into law, and the difficulty for Republicans is not ...