During a budget hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Committee several weeks ago, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) asked HHS ...

Thanks, Mayor Harvey. Dick Durbin was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1997 and has been the Senate Democratic Whip since 2005.

But in some of the nation’s biggest Senate races, Democrats are relying on an old strategy of recruiting—and then clearing ...

Terry Redman, chairman of the DeWitt County Democratic Party, received the Party Builder Award at the annual Democratic County Chairs' Association Brunch on Aug. 13 in Springfield.

While the standoff appears to be drawing to a close, Texas Democrats in Illinois have laid the groundwork for declaring victory even if the Texas GOP eventually passes its map.

The new management is making fighting violent crime a priority.

After leaving the state to block the G.O.P. from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, Democratic lawmakers are keeping ...

Budzinski’s vote is suspicious ...

California US Senator Alex Padilla Joins Democrat Senators Urging IRS to Maintain Vital Multilingual Services for Taxpayers – Say, “Maintaining And Expanding Multilanguage Services Is Critical To The ...

Local leaders slam President Donald Trump’s threat to take over policing in Chicago as flat-out illegal. And school board members push back on a CPS budget that puts off a huge pension payment.

Federal judges declined to use their authority to appoint a U.S. Attorney this week, leaving Ryan Ellison in the position.

The U.S. Department of Justice is insisting Illinois election officials hand over the state’s entire computerized voter ...