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Will County government offices in downtown Joliet. (Daily Southtown file photo)

Will County 2nd District race is a repeat of 2022 for New Lenox, Manhattan voters

By Michelle Mullins

October 8, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

In Will County’s District 2, incumbent Republicans Judy Ogalla and Frankie Pretzel are challenged by...

2026 Chicago school board races: District 1B

By Claire Malon

October 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Here's what to know about the Chicago school board race in District 1B.

2026 Chicago school board races: District 3A

By Claire Malon

October 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Here's what to know about the Chicago school board race in District 3A.

Wake County Board of Elections employees prepare absentee ballots to be mailed on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)

Midterm mail ballots start to go out to voters as litigation over President Trump’s executive order creates uncertainty

By Sarah Rankin

September 4, 2026 at 9:43 p.m.

North Carolina on Friday became the first state to widely distribute mail ballots for this...

A large box of pre-assembled mail-in ballots at the Wake County Board of Elections on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)

Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms

By Nicholas Riccardi

September 4, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President...

An election worker places a vote-by-mail ballot into a secure bin at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office during the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

North Carolina mails first ballots of fall as Trump tries to restrict them

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

September 4, 2026 at 10:48 a.m.

North Carolina began sending mail ballots to voters early Friday, the first state to forge...

FILE - A worker blows leaves and snow off steps outside of the Maryland Statehouse on, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Maryland’s top court allows Democratic-backed congressional redistricting measure on November ballot

By David A. Lieb

September 3, 2026 at 6:18 p.m.

The Maryland Supreme Court says a congressional redistricting amendment backed by Democrats can appear on...

In this photo taken with a smartphone, people opposing a congressional redistricting plan rally outside the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City, Mo., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, while displaying the number of petition signatures submitted seeking a statewide vote on the measure. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Missouri’s highest court blocks Trump-backed US House map from being used in November election

By David A. Lieb

September 3, 2026 at 5:16 p.m.

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald...

Delivery vans are parked during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action Tuesday, July 28, 2026, outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

President Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections looming

By Lindsay Whitehurst

September 4, 2026 at 6:27 a.m.

The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to allow it to move ahead...

FILE – Delivery vans are parked during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action Tuesday, July 28, 2026, outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Federal judge considers whether to extend ban against US Postal Service mail voting changes

By Nicholas Riccardi

September 3, 2026 at 9:43 a.m.

A federal judge in Boston said Thursday the U.S. Postal Service has told her nothing...

Phoebe Beal, left, and her mother, Cassie Creswell, president of Illinois Families for Public Schools, stand outside Phoebe's school on the South Side of Chicago on Sept. 2, 2026. Creswell's organization is a nonprofit advocacy group focused on improving public schools in Illinois. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago school board candidates asked to sign pledge restricting AI, screen time

By Finnegan Belleau

September 3, 2026 at 11:24 a.m.

More than half of Chicago school board candidates signed a pledge calling for a three-year...

New Chicago police officers line up during their graduation ceremony at Navy Pier on March 31, 2026. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Chicago mayoral candidates talking tough on crime despite steep drop in homicides

By Jake Sheridan

August 31, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

Despite the clear-cut improvements during Johnson’s time in office, nearly every declared mayoral candidate said...

Election manager Stephanie Groenewold wheels a cart of mail-in ballots to a secure location inside the DuPage County clerk’s office on Nov. 9, 2022, in Wheaton. Not pictured, but following close behind, are election judges from both political parties. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

‘Our contingency plans have contingency plans’: Officials preparing for potential changes ahead of Election Day

By Russell Lissau

August 30, 2026 at 8:49 a.m.

Election officials insist a Supreme Court decision that preliminarily approves Trump’s order restricting mail-in voting...