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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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