Head Start, a federal early childhood program, has closed its regional office in the Loop, leaving families in Illinois and ...

Sgt. Clark Parrott of the Missouri Highway Patrol said at least one person was killed in southeast Missouri, KFVS-TV reported ...

After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and ...

Prosecutors have dropped a charge against a man who Republican Rep. Nancy Mace claimed “physically accosted” her in December, ...

Parents and community leaders are speaking out against legislation in the Illinois House that would punish homeschool ...

In local elections Tuesday, 79 percent of the candidates backed by the Illinois Democratic Party won. Several Republican ...

City Clerk Jenny Gain Meyer defeated Mayor Patty Gregory after a contentious campaign that showed a split among area ...

An Illinois bill that could change homeschooling rules would create "a pipeline to the criminal justice system for parents," a state Democrat is warning.

Despite low voter turnout, Mayor Tom McNamara won a third term by a landslide Tuesday, a rarity in Rockford politics.

Reflecting voter angst over President Donald Trump, Democrats scored major election victories in suburbs critical for ...

If the future of the party depends on one man clinging to power past the constitutional limit, the legal issue isn’t the only problem. | Opinion ...