Politics

Tower Green in Western Springs will be the backdrop for a Get out the Vote Rally organized by Indivisible West Suburban Chicago from 1 to 2 p.m. Oct. 17. (Steve Metsch/Daily Southtown)

Grassroots group holding ‘get out the vote rally’ in Western Springs

By Steve Metsch

October 12, 2026 at 4:57 p.m.

Indivisible West Suburban Chicago will encourage early voting at a rally from 1 to 2...

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, speaks with visitors during a monthly meeting of the Gary Chamber of Commerce on Monday, October 12, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

US Rep. Frank Mrvan highlights work supporting NWI economy at Gary Chamber

By Maya Wilkins

October 12, 2026 at 3:51 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, was the Gary Chamber of Commerce's featured speaker at its...

State representatives work in the House chamber May 27, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Republican Adam Beaty challenges Rep. Anthony DeLuca for 80th state House

By Evy Lewis

October 12, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

Police Sgt. Adam Beaty, Rep. Anthony DeLuca talk property taxes, data centers and solar farms...

Jim Derwinski, CEO and executive director of Metra, greets U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth as she exits a Metra train at National Street Station in Elgin on Oct. 4, 2019. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

US Sen. Tammy Duckworth pushes legislation to close ‘challenge’ for riders with disabilities

By Marni Pyke

July 23, 2026 at 4:04 p.m.

Dozens of Metra and CTA stations are inaccessible for riders with disabilities, records show. “It...

FILE – People work at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Illinois joins states suing Trump administration after it put conditions on receiving disaster funding

By Michael Casey

July 23, 2026 at 1:48 p.m.

More than two dozen states, including Illinois, on Thursday sued the Trump administration for requiring...

Marvel Parker, former executive director of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Institute, speaks before Gov. JB Pritzker, left, signs a law to designate Emmett Till Day in Illinois at the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago on July 23, 2026. Parker is married to the Rev. Wheeler Parker, Emmett Till's cousin. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Illinois to annually honor Emmett Till, Chicago teen whose 1955 murder galvanized Civil Rights Movement

By Olivia Olander

July 23, 2026 at 3:47 p.m.

Illinois will annually honor Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago whose 1955 murder galvanized...

Deb Chubb of Michigan City, executive director at Indiana Women's Action Movement, Inc., attends a pro-abortion rally at the statehouse in Indianapolis on Monday, July 25, 2022. Chubb died Tuesday from cancer. (Michael Gard / Post-Tribune)

NWI activist Deb Chubb dies; remembered as fighter for civil rights

By Doug Ross

July 23, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.

Political activist Deborah “Deb” Chubb, who died Tuesday of cancer, is being remembered as a...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, and President Donald J. Trump talk as they wait to congratulate the Spanish players after the World Cup final in East Rutherford, N.J., on July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump’s role in red-card ruling for Folarin Balogun pushes Norway toward FIFA ethics complaint

By Graham Dunbar

July 23, 2026 at 9:13 a.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s role in clearing Folarin Balogun from a mandatory one-game ban at...

Democratic candidate for Texas governor Gina Hinojosa, third from the left, listens to Stephen Sanders, right, during a roundtable discussion on data centers, Saturday, July 18, 2026, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Justin Rex)

Democrats try to harness data center backlash that’s dividing rural Republicans

By Marc Levy

July 23, 2026 at 7:47 a.m.

The backlash to energy-guzzling server warehouses that power artificial intelligence is shaping statewide campaigns from...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines Thursday, July 23, 2026. (Ezra Acayan/Pool Photo via AP)

US is ready to help end the ‘senseless war’ in Ukraine but no quick deal ahead, Marco Rubio says

By Michelle L. Price

July 23, 2026 at 7:32 a.m.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the Trump administration is poised to help...

Gov. JB Pritzker signs Illinois’ eighth consecutive balanced budget at the State of Illinois Building in Chicago, June 16, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Digital asset industry group sues to block Illinois’ first-in-the-nation cryptocurrency tax

By Dan Petrella

July 23, 2026 at 6:12 a.m.

Democrats approved the cryptocurrency tax with an expectation it would garner $60 million to help...

President Donald Trump, center, invites a family on stage to speak about Trump Accounts at Wheeler High School, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Millions have signed up for Trump Accounts, but some families are still waiting for their baby’s $1,000

By Moriah Balingit

July 22, 2026 at 8:24 p.m.

At a rally Wednesday, President Donald Trump touted the $1,000 babies can receive when their...

Daniel Siad. (U.S. Dept. of Justice/TNS)

Epstein model recruiter Daniel Siad, 69, found dead in France

By Brian Niemietz

July 22, 2026 at 6:29 p.m.

Daniel Siad, a French model scout who arranged for models to meet Jeffrey Epstein, has...