Bio Town: Palatine Age on Election Day: 37 Occupation: Regional manager Employer: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Previous offices held: None Q&A Q: Why are you running for this office, whether for reelect...

Bio Town: North Barrington Age on Election Day: 65 Occupation: Pediatrician Employer: Advocate Children's Medical Group Previous offices held: Barrington District 220 school board Q&A Q: Why are you running for thi...

Having already contributed $145 million to his reelection campaign, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker - the wealthiest sitting politician in America - shared his considerable personal fortune with other Democratic candidates and groups in the weeks before...

NEW YORK - Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP's ultimate presidential nominee, according to draft language set to be adopted when the Republican Nation...

WASHINGTON - As former CIA Director David Petraeus recently told the House Intelligence Committee about the needs of the agency's workforce, one of the committee's youngest members flashed a knowing smile and began to nod. Abigail Spanberger spent a...

A search firm hired to help find the next Northwest Suburban High School District 214 superintendent has interviewed principals, teachers, staff, students, parents, boosters, local mayors and village managers during more than two dozen focus groups ...

TAVERNIER, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent dozens of immigrants from Texas to an island off the Massachusetts coast last year in a high-profile effort to highlight illegal immigration on the eve of the midterm elections. But as thousands of Cu...

Glen Ellyn Elementary District 89 has hired a recruiting firm to help find a new superintendent. Time is of the essence in the search for the next district leader, the firm's consultants say. Departing Superintendent Emily Tammaru will take the same...

NEW YORK (AP) - Both political parties are opening the new year confronting critical questions about the people and policies they want to embrace as the next election speeds into view. The challenges are particularly urgent for Republicans, who hope...

Democrats in Congress released thousands of pages of former President Donald Trump's tax returns Friday, providing the most detailed picture to date of his finances over a six-year period, including his time in the White House, when he fought to kee...