WASHINGTON -- Money helped winnow the presidential field. It hasn't determined who each party's nominee will be. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have proven to be mega-fundraisers, operating at near parity in their own stratosphere. E...

Feel free to apply your own interpretation and decide whether it's a harbinger, an aberration or something else altogether. But here's the situation: As Illinois' early-voting period heads into its final day, primary voters have requested more Demo...

Findings from ProAct Search Inc.'s superintendent search forums and online survey will be revealed next month, the Elgin Area School District U-46 board decided on Monday. The open meeting between the Milwaukee-based search firm and the school board...

Findings from ProAct Search Inc.'s superintendent search forums and online survey will be revealed next month, the Elgin Area School District U-46 board decided on Monday. The open meeting between the Milwaukee-based search firm and the school board...

Millionaire dairy magnate Jim Oberweis is winning the fundraising battle in the high-profile 14th Congressional District campaign, pulling in $1.6 million last quarter -- most of which is his own personal fortune lent to his GOP campaign, according ...

Mike Huckabee in Iowa. John McCain in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Mitt Romney in Michigan, Nevada and Wyoming. With early contests yielding three winners, the Republican presidential nomination race is wide open as it heads to Florida on Tuesd...

In past elections, I have never formally backed a primary candidate. The GOP primary for state's attorney is such an important one I felt I had to come forward and announce my choice of Dan Regna. Having served in the coroner's office for the past ...

TAMPA, Florida, -- Republican presidential candidates sparred over the best fix for the faltering U.S. economy Wednesday as a poll showed Florida's high-stakes race for the White House tightening. Sen. John McCain, enjoying a surge of momentum after...

It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama. After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he'd head to a meeting of "The Committee." Lawmakers and lobbyists, Democrats and Republicans alike, would put their pol...