America has become 20 percent poorer in the last four weeks, a Republican donor has said. Ken Griffin, the founder and CEO of ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announces he won’t seek another term — setting off a scramble for the rare open seat. And Mayor Brandon ...

When Gov. JB Pritzker tells audiences how he became interested in politics, it often starts with stories about his mother. As ...

Doug Belkin covers higher education and national news out of the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker endorsed Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton for U.S. Senate Friday. The governor made the announcement in front of BrightStar Church on the South Side ...

The billionaire governor’s backing could help Stratton preempt a long line of statewide political heavyweights jockeying for ...

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' tour headlined with this word has drawn more than 107,000 Americans in blue and deep-red states ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has made his choice for who he'd like to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin: Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. Why ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a city council meeting as the Council discusses a symbolic resolution calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, January 31, 2024 in ...

A remembrance is planned for Independence Day morning, and the temporary memorial at the city’s Rose Garden will continue to ...

Public transit is a public good. But the CTA, in particular, suffers from flimsy leadership, ghost buses and crime. That ...