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

The Democratic Party realizes it needs to regroup after its losses in November. How to do that has become a bone of ...

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

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 ...

JB Pritzker and Juliana Stratton celebrate their primary win on March 20, 2018, in Chicago. Photo: Joshua Lott/ ...

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