Politics

Five candidates vying for open Indiana Secretary of State seat

By Anna Ortiz

October 11, 2026 at 12:46 p.m.

Candidates are describing this year’s secretary of state race as pivotal, with five individuals campaigning...

FILE – Rolled coils of steel sit in the yard at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ont., Aug. 20, 2026. (Nick Iwanyshyn /The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Republicans face midterm backlash from factory workers squeezed out of jobs by Trump’s tariffs

By Bernard Condon

October 11, 2026 at 9:44 a.m.

As if an unpopular war with Iran and persistent inflation were not enough trouble for...

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

Democrats challenge two Republican leaders in Will County District 4 race

By Michelle Mullins

October 11, 2026 at 7:15 a.m.

Incumbent Republicans Jim Richmond and Steve Balich face Democrats Sheri Boniecki-Cooling and William Pratt in...

Northwestern Medicine’s existing Orland Park campus looking southwest, June 30, 2026, in Orland Park. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Orland Park approves $275 million Orland Park Northwestern cancer center

By Olivia Stevens

August 18, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.

The Orland Park VIllage Board approved plans Monday for a $275 million cancer office and...

Dark oil residue covers parts of the shoreline at Shib Deraz Beach on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill’s source has not been independently determined. (Amirhosein Khorgooei/ISNA)

President Donald Trump says US has no talks planned with Iran and other news from the Middle East

By Associated Press

August 18, 2026 at 5:34 p.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has no talks planned with Iran but...

United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, center, leaves the U.S. Department of Commerce following a meeting with Canadian officials, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on Canadian imports

By Rob Gillies

August 18, 2026 at 10:04 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on $20 billion...

Florida Republican congressman and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds talks with a member of the Hispanic Police Officers Association in Doral, Fla., after receiving the group’s endorsement, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

What to watch Tuesday: Redistricting scrambles Florida as Alaska pits Dan Sullivan v. Dan Sullivan

By Mike Catalini

August 18, 2026 at 7:49 a.m.

As a long and contentious primary season nears its end, attention is turning to Florida,...

In this Aug. 19, 1920 photo made available by the Library of Congress, Alice Paul, chair of the National Woman's Party, unfurls a banner after the ratification of the 19th Ammendment, from a balcony at the NWP's headquarters in Washington. (The Crowley Company/Library of Congress)

Today in History: 19th Amendment gives women the vote

By Associated Press

August 18, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing American women’s right to...

Karl Goeke, foreground, president of the Illinois Education Association, endorses the reelection campaign of Gov. JB Pritzker, center, at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn on Aug. 17, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker accepts a state teachers union endorsement while casting doubt on $150M CPS funding push

By Olivia Olander

August 18, 2026 at 9:29 a.m.

The push for Chicago Public Schools funding is exposing new fault lines ahead of the...

Niles Village Board approved placing three referendum questions on November 2026 ballot.

Niles Village Board approves three referendum questions for November ballot

By Elizabeth Owens-Schiele

August 18, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

Niles residents will face three referendums on the Nov. 3 ballot and will cast a...

A car stops at a security checkpoint before entering the construction site for the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park on Aug. 7, 2026, in Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson appeared at a “Community Over Quantum” event at a Southeast Side school over the weekend. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson pressured by anti-data center activists at rally

By Jake Sheridan

August 17, 2026 at 5:02 p.m.

Fresh off an executive order more strictly regulating the construction of data centers in Chicago,...

A Cook County Forest Preserves employee clears brush from the Poplar Creek Bike Trail on July 31, 2023, in Hoffman Estates. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Cook County Forest Preserves Teamsters go on strike

By A.D. Quig

August 17, 2026 at 4:05 p.m.

More than 230 members of Teamsters Local 700 working for the Forest Preserve District of...

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with lifeguard Ryder Williams in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump administration briefly pauses contentious border project in Texas’ Big Bend National Park

By Rebecca Santana

August 17, 2026 at 3:06 p.m.

The Trump administration said Monday it is temporarily pausing construction of a contentious border construction...