Politics

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 Christin Lazerus

October 13, 2026 at 5:15 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...

After a City Council fight, coach house construction is now legal in many Chicago wards.

To spur housing growth, Chicago must attack prerogative, outdated zoning: report

By A.D. Quig

October 13, 2026 at 5:09 p.m.

A local think tank is blaming Chicago’s aldermanic tradition of hyperlocal control of what gets...

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, shown outside his home in 2011, served prison time for corruption as well as being impeached and convicted by the state legislature. (E. Jason Wambsgans/ baiduhai)

Today in History: Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich convicted

By Associated Press

June 27, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On June 27, 2011, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted by a federal jury in Chicago on...

Residents swim in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz as a small motorboat passes cargo ships and other commercial vessels offshore near Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

US strikes Iran in response to a drone attack on a ship

By Collin Binkley

June 26, 2026 at 9:58 p.m.

The U.S. struck Iran on Friday in response to a drone attack a day earlier...

President Donald Trump speaks at a Rose Garden Club dinner with farmers, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump threatens 100% tax on European imports if countries impose tax on digital services

By Collin Binkley

June 26, 2026 at 6:43 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 100% tax on imports from any country that...

Illinois Department of Natural Resources head Natalie Phelps Finnie to depart

By Olivia Olander

June 26, 2026 at 4:14 p.m.

The head of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Natalie Phelps Finnie will depart at...

The Gary public library, located at 220 W. 5th Ave., is pictured in this 2015 file photo. (Carole Carlson/Post-Tribune)

Gary Library workers want pay increase; officials fret over tax laws’ impact

By Carole Carlson

June 26, 2026 at 1:26 p.m.

Frustrated Gary Public Library employees still haven’t received the 5% cost-of-living pay increase promised last...

Diego Lopes celebrates during a featherweight bout against Steve Garcia during UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on June 14, 2026. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Chicago man charged with obstructing investigation into alleged White House UFC attack plot

By Jason Meisner

June 26, 2026 at 5:41 p.m.

A 20-year-old Chicago man, Alexander Iniguez Mercado, was charged with one count of obstruction of...

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance smile during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

JD Vance, an admirer of Richard Nixon, says Watergate would be ‘a 12-hour news story’ today

By Associated Press

June 26, 2026 at 10:53 a.m.

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard...

Delegation staff members meet in the lobby on the first day of a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)

Mediators worked through threats and strikes to broker the US-Iran deal, and challenges remain

By E. Eduardo Castillo

June 26, 2026 at 8:49 a.m.

As the U.S. and Iran exchanged escalating strikes on June 11, a plane carrying Qatari...

This combination of images shows Black Lives Matter plaza on 16th Street, NW, near the White House on March 10, 2025, top, as work was beginning to remove signage and markings, and on April 1, 2025, after the work was completed. (AP Photo)

Touring Trump’s Washington: How the president is putting his imprint on the nation’s capital

By Gary Fields

June 26, 2026 at 8:58 a.m.

The United States is celebrating its 250th year. And what better way to mark that...

A pipe marks an abandoned well in farmland near downstate Casey on Feb. 11, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Bill aims to curb abandoned oil and gas wells in Illinois through stiffer fines

By Jonathan Bullington

June 26, 2026 at 2:04 p.m.

The bill, which stiffens fines, comes in response to a Tribune investigation into the thousands...