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Chemaey Irby, center, holds granddaughter, Mi'amour Irby and a giant prize, on the carnival midway at the Illinois State Fair on Aug. 17, 2021.

Facing uphill battle in deep blue Illinois, Republicans at state fair take optimistic route heading into next year’s ‘do-or-die election’

August 19, 2021 at 5:16 p.m.

Despite holding no statewide offices and a distinct legislative minority in a state trending ever more deeply Democratic, speakers at the Illinois State Fair's Republican Day Thursday expressed optimism over...

At the Illinois State Fair, Democrats seek to portray unity and strength despite internal tensions

August 18, 2021 at 5:10 p.m.

Amid internal tensions over the party's fundraising operations and control, Illinois Democrats gathered for Governor's Day at the state fair Wednesday and attempted to put on a show of unity...

GOP contends census results invalidate Illinois legislative maps; Democrats say they’re open to adjustments

August 16, 2021 at 5:08 p.m.

Illinois Republican leaders said Monday that last week's release of federal census data proves their contention that new state legislative district boundaries drawn by Democrats violate voting rights laws and...

A jogger moves past the intersection of South Loomis and West 18th streets on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, in Pilsen, one of Chicago's predominantly Latino neighborhoods.

2020 census will fuel Black-Latino power struggle over Chicago ward map. ‘It’s absolutely going to get ugly.’

August 14, 2021 at 9:42 a.m.

The 2020 census numbers released last week figure to reinvigorate a long-standing power struggle at Chicago City Hall between Latino aldermen representing an ever-larger political base and Black aldermen seeking...

People wait for a bus on the 100 block of North Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Loop on Aug. 9, 2021.

2020 census: Chicago’s population grows slightly, but suburbs stall to slowest rate in decades

August 13, 2021 at 10:02 a.m.

Chicago rebounded from a hefty population loss in the first decade of the 2000s to add about 50,000 residents over the last 10 years, but once-robust growth in the surrounding...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker in his office at the Thompson Center on June 3, 2021.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker doubles down on defense of state’s pandemic response in new campaign ad

August 10, 2021 at 5:01 p.m.

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a reelection ad Tuesday that doubles down on his defense of the restrictions he put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The one-minute...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to reporters outside the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Aug. 2, 2021.

Lawsuit filed by disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who once joked about his legal education, dismissed by one expert as ‘frivolous’

August 6, 2021 at 6:59 p.m.

Rod Blagojevich used to joke that "he barely knew where the law library was" as he earned his law degree from Pepperdine University amid surfing the Pacific Ocean and mingling...

Republican candidate for governor, Gary Rabine, 57, walks past stacks of yard signs before officially announcing his candidacy at his office on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in Schaumburg. Rabine is from Bull Valley in McHenry County.

GOP governor candidate Gary Rabine skews Danish study’s findings to attack Pritzker’s school mask mandate

August 5, 2021 at 10:37 a.m.

Gary Rabine, one of three announced GOP candidates for governor, attacked Gov. J.B Pritzker's mask mandate for schools by falsely contending the results of a Danish study last year dismissed...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is interviewed in an office in downtown Chicago on July 20, 2021.

Less than 2 months after lifting most COVID-19 orders, Gov. J.B. Pritzker issues mask mandate for schools and vaccine requirement for some state workers

August 4, 2021 at 6:37 p.m.

Less than two months after lifting nearly all of his remaining coronavirus restrictions, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday issued a new statewide mask requirement for schools and a vaccine mandate...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks to the media at the White House on March 6, 2019. Kinzinger is slamming as beyond repugnant President Donald Trump's tweet of a conservative pastor's comment that removing Trump from office would provoke a civil war.?

Rep. Adam Kinzinger praises law enforcement defense of US Capitol on Jan. 6, criticizes fellow Republicans for trying to block probe

July 27, 2021 at 2:05 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger delivered an emotion-laden speech as a House select committee opened its investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection Tuesday, praising law enforcement's defense of the U.S. Capitol...

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