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Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg (left) addresses the crowd. Buttigieg was in the area on Tuesday to kick off a canvass launch and rally for Congressman Frank Mrvan and State Senate candidate Scott Houldieson at Andorra Banquets in Schererville. The Rally took place on Oct. 13, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune).

Pete Buttigieg rallies Democrats canvassing for Northwest Indiana candidates

By Michelle L. Quinn

October 13, 2026 at 10:39 p.m.

Pete Buttigieg knows Northwest Indiana Democrats aren’t alone in being angry about the way things...

Jessica Biggs attends a forum for Chicago Board of Education president candidates at Malcolm X College on Oct. 5, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Billionaire donor Michael Sacks gives $150,000 to school board president candidate Jessica Biggs

By Kate Armanini

October 13, 2026 at 7:15 p.m.

Billionaire Democratic donor Michael Sacks donated $150,000 to school board president candidate Jessica Biggs, the largest...

DeMotte real estate agent, project manager face off for Indiana State Senate

By Maya Wilkins

October 13, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

Democrat Kate-Lynn Holley and Republican James "Jay" Starkey, both of DeMotte, are facing off for...

State Sen. Napoleon Harris bangs a gavel Dec. 3, 2024, as Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard yells him has he declares his nomination for Thornton Township supervisor during a Democratic caucus at the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Dismissals and rulings keep Napoleon Harris and Thaddeus Jones on ballots

By Olivia Stevens

February 3, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.

Challenge to state Sen. Napoleon Harris running for Thornton Township supervisor and Calumet City Mayor...

Lynwood Mayor Jada Curry, from left, Clerk Karen Wingfield-Bond, Trustee Randall Blakey and Trustee Rolanda Clark meet in September 2021. (Village of Lynwood)

First African American female mayor of Lynwood, Jada Curry, touts economic growth

By Olivia Stevens

January 29, 2025 at 1:21 p.m.

Lynwood Mayor Jada Curry is challenged in the Democratic primary from a slate named The...

Candidates for the Elmwood Park Public Library Board will speak at a public forum Feb. 11 hosted by the League of Women Voters of Oak Park and River Forest. (John Konstantaras/baiduhai)

Elmwood Park candidate forum set for Feb. 11

By Pioneer Press

January 28, 2025 at 2:29 p.m.

The first candidate forum in decades in Elmwood Park will focus on the Elmwood Park...

Candidates for the Lyons Township High School Board of Education will take part in an online forum in advance of the April 1 election. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange area candidates invited to make election pitches online

By Hank Beckman

January 28, 2025 at 1:20 p.m.

Forums feature candidates in La Grange Park, La Grange School District 102 and the Lyons...

Nate Fields Jr. speaks during a public comments section Aug. 20, 2024, at the Thornton Township Board meeting. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Daily Southtown)

Nate Fields back on ballot as Thornton Township supervisor candidate, judge rules

By Olivia Stevens

January 27, 2025 at 3:26 p.m.

Cook County Judge John Tully ruled the Thornton Township Electoral Board wrongly removed supervisor candidate...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, wearing a "Canada Is Not for Sale" hat, arrives for a first ministers meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Ontario leader says he will call election to fight Trump’s threatened tariffs

By Associated Press

January 24, 2025 at 1:31 p.m.

The leader of Canada’s most populous province of Ontario says he will be calling a...

Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard yells at state Sen. Napoleon Harris Dec. 3, 2024, as he receives the Democratic nomination for Thornton Township supervisor during a caucus at the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Auditorium. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Cook County judge dismisses Tiffany Henyard’s lawsuit to get on Thornton Township ballot

By Olivia Stevens

January 23, 2025 at 4:11 p.m.

A Cook County judge dismissed Supervisor Tiffany Henyard's lawsuit to overturn Thornton Township caucus nomination...

A student walks with her mother on the Southwest Side of Chicago on Jan. 16, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

How will Donald Trump’s mass deportation promise affect my community and child in CPS schools?

By Nell Salzman

January 23, 2025 at 11:02 a.m.

Donald Trump’s promise for the largest deportation operation in United States history has sent a...

Sister Pat Murphy, 95, center, greets John Owens, left, before a prayer service for immigrants outside of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Broadview Service Staging facility in the early morning on Dec. 6, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

In their 90s, Sisters of Mercy have spent their lives fighting for immigrant justice. And they’re not stopping now.

By Nell Salzman

January 19, 2025 at 10:55 a.m.

Sister JoAnn Persch and Sister Pat Murphy have devoted their lives advocating for local and...

Hanan Shaheen, mother of slain 6-year-old Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi — who was fatally stabbed in an October 2023 attack that drew hate-crime charges — talks to President Joe Biden during a visit to the White House on Jan. 14, 2025. (Adam Schultz/White House)

Mother of slain Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi meets Biden for ‘human-to-human connection’

By Zareen Syed

January 17, 2025 at 7:14 p.m.

“We are connected by God. We both lost children,” Hanan Shaheen tells president after discussing...