In addition to the initial sticker shock of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s 19-cents-a-gallon fuel tax hike, the tax will likely raise Illinois' overall cost of living as well, according to a Palatine resident.

A Coffee & Conversation session with Darien Mayor Joe Marchese and two members of the state legislature is scheduled at Chuck’s Southern Comforts Cafe for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 10.

Twenty-seven individuals and businesses received honors at an April 9 ceremony to recognize Illinois volunteers.

Unions often portray their collective bargaining work as a key selling point for membership, but one former member of the Chicago Teachers Union disagrees with that premise.

After failing to get traction on a proposal to make the Chicago Public Schools Board elected rather than appointed, Rep. Robert Martwick introduced a similar bill affecting the Chicago Community College Board.

A proposal by Rep. Robert Martwick (R-Chicago) that would let police officers count up to five years of work performed outside of Illinois toward their state pensions reached the Personnel & Pensions Committee on Jan. 29.

A bombshell new report that soon-to-be ex-Gov. Bruce Rauner bailed out on his reelection campaign has some Republicans fuming.

Sean M. Morrison, 17th District member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, won re-election last week against his Democrat challenger, Abdelnasser Rashid.

GOP House candidate Marilyn Smolenski thanked supporters on Facebook after her loss to incumbent Rep. Martin Moylan (D-Des Plaines), by a 55-45 margin.

After Tuesday's loss to Karina Villa by a 53-47 margin, House District 49 candidate Tonia Khouri took to Facebook to express gratitude to supporters.

Republican Jillian Bernas told supporters via a Facebook post that their enthusiasm had energized her campaign and kept her focused on a hard-fought election she lost to incumbent Rep. Michelle Mussman (D-Schaumburg).

Incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner conceded defeat Tuesday night as Democrat J.B. Pritzker claimed the governorship of Illinois, capturing 59 percent of the vote to Rauner’s 35 percent.

Tonia Khouri, 49th District candidate for state House of Representatives, posted a new video on YouTube exposing the amount of money spent to try to re-elect her opponent, incumbent Karina Villa (D-West Chicago).

GOP state House candidate Marilyn Smolenski blames the status quo under House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) for hurting Illinois.

Marilyn Smolenski, a 55th District state House candidate, pointed out the apparent duplicity of state Rep. Marty Moylan (D-Des Plaines) in a recent press release.

In light of a recent bombshell report showing up to $100 million in annual state government waste, state House candidate Katy Dolan Baumer said the figure confirmed a long-held belief.

Jillian Rose Bernas, the Republican candidate for the 56th House seat, told the North Cook News that legislators should delay new spending until “their fiscal house is in order.”

U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Illinois), a co-sponsor of opioid legislation, spoke at two events on Monday with Surgeon General Jerome Adams, both aimed at addressing the opioid crisis.

Jillian Bernas, an Illinois House of Representatives candidate in District 56, announced on social media that she would not accept a taxpayer-funded pension if elected.

U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, running for re-election for the 6th Congressional District seat he has held since 2007, was recently endorsed by the Daily Herald and Chicago Tribune newspapers.