On election night and in an interview with The Beacon-News on Thursday, Laesch laid out plans for his incoming administration ...

More than a dozen new mayors and village presidents were elected across DuPage and Kane counties last week — some by ...

Chicago Democrat Emil Jones III, a sitting state senator, will face a federal jury that could end his political career and ...

Voter turnout in this past Tuesday’s election was largely contingent on tax hike proposals and the contentiousness of the ...

We need to start the urban and strategic planning now and model the economic impact under different scenarios to make sure we are maximizing the opportunity for all stakeholders.

A Springfield debate pits big cannabis companies against the burgeoning hemp industry. All agree weedlike products such as ...

A 57-year-old man died Friday evening after getting out of a car that washed off a road in West Plains, Missouri. Flooding killed two people in Kentucky including a 9-year-old boy swept away that same ...

New York State education officials are pushing back against the Trump administration after it gutted U.S. Department of ...

Many of the impacted areas already are heavily waterlogged by days of severe storms that spawned deadly tornadoes.

Peterson, an associate deputy state public defender who works on death penalty appellate cases, officiated San Francisco ...