White, wealthier, and homeowning Cook County residents are more likely to vote on ballot questions that raise taxes, a new ...

Many voters don’t make the time to cast a ballot in their local elections, and that is a sad statement for our democracy.

An analysis from the Cook County treasurer's office — ahead of the April 1 suburban consolidated elections — reveals turnout ...

"New Illinois" is a nonprofit educational group that wants Illinois residents to know about their right to pursue the ...

Consolidated elections will take place across Illinois on Tuesday, with some of the state's biggest communities casting ...

The “New Illinois” group is holding convention in Bloomington to discuss separating from Chicago and forming a new state.

Down staters are leaving Chicago to make their own state, that’s the idea behind a nonprofit organization called New Illinois ...

As a former Cook County, Ill., state’s attorney and a former chief of staff in a district attorney’s office, we were alarmed ...

As BGA Policy has consistently highlighted, Illinois’ judicial branch is not subject to FOIA, leaving entities like juvenile ...

I can’t conceive of any scenario where this isn’t at the front of people’s lists, you know, we have a child in our care that ...

SPECULATION that Sen. Dick Durbin could retire after his term is up in 2026 is creating a ripple effect of political planning ...