Illinois House of Representatives candidate Marilyn Smolenski is using part of her time in the political spotlight during Domestic Violence Awareness Month to address an issue that has affected her own life.
U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) is speaking out against the Trump administration's recent placement of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from several U.S. allies.
A recent hearing held by the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means to gauge how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts has affected businesses featured testimony by Illinois business owners.
U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, who represents Illinois' 6th District, is slamming Democratic candidate Sean Casten's recently published white paper on tax policy, claiming it is nothing more than a plan to hurt the area's families and small businesses.
The Illinois Rifle Association (IRA) is preparing to go head to head with the village of Northbrook, rallying residents to oppose an upcoming village board vote to ban some firearm accessories.
Cook County voters showed their approval Tuesday for legalizing the recreational use of marijuana with nearly 70 percent backing the measure in a non-binding referendum.
In the three-way Republican primary race for the Illinois 10th Congressional District, current results show Jeremy Wynes with a mere 259 vote loss to Douglas Bennett.
In the wake of Tuesday's primary election in Illinois 9th Congressional District candidate and local pastor John Elleson is holding a more than 2,500 vote lead in the four-way race to unseat incumbent Democrat Rep. Jan Schakowsky.
Filmmaker Eli Steele and Maze Jackson, co-host of “Wake-up with Maze and Charles” on WVON Radio, were among those taking part in the screening for Steele's personal documentary "How Jack Became Black," which brings the issue of race identity into the forefront.
As the Glenbrook High School District 225 Board of Education recently voted to adopt its first transgender student policy, a group of residents and parents remain opposed to the idea and are looking at possible litigation to fight it.
Illinois State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith's recent call for a $50 billion increase to the K-12 budget for next year could cost Cook County residents $3.1 billion in income taxes, a move that Joan McCarthy Lasonde, a Wilmette Republican in the 9th Senate District, says will cause even more people to flee the state because they are "being taxed to death."
District 55 Republican State House candidate Dan Gott, who lost his bid to replace incumbent state Rep. Marty Moylan (D-Des Plaines), said he feels voters were “sucker punched” by career politicians during this election and -- despite his loss -- he plans to continue his crusade against political corruption in Illinois.
Dan Gott, Republican candidate for the District 55 state House seat, recently squared off with his opponent, state Rep. Marty Moylan (D-Des Plaines) in a heated debate that ended with Gott telling Moylan “you’re fired," referring to what he calls Moylan’s lack of accomplishments while in office.
Dan Gott, Republican candidate for the District 55 state House seat, joined several other GOP state House candidates this week in signing a “No Madigan” pledge, promising that if they win in the Nov. 8 election, they would refuse to vote for Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) to remain House speaker.
As voters make their way to the polls in less than 30 days, Dan Gott, Republican candidate for the District 55 state House seat, is ramping up his door-to-door campaigning this week and talking face-to-face with voters promising to bring change to what he calls one of the most corrupt states in the U.S.
The race for the state House District 55 seat continued to heat up this week as GOP candidate Dan Gott called out his opponent, Democratic state Rep. Marty Moylan, for what Gott said is a “smear campaign” and continued urging voters to oust the incumbent and other career politicians on Nov. 8.
Dan Gott, the Republican candidate for state representative in District 55, said he will be among several Illinois candidates participating in the upcoming Walsh Freedom Day of Action political rally.
Candidate Dan Gott (R-Des Plaines) recently threw his support behind Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner in the ongoing contract battle with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, saying the group “must be living in a fantasy world” when it comes to their contract demands.
Des Plaines' resident Dan Gott, the Republican candidate for state Senate in District 55, received the endorsement of the Illinois Family-Pac this week.