The poll finds that about half of Republicans, 55%, are very or somewhat optimistic about their party’s future, up from 47% ...

Looming cuts to Medicaid are much greater, with the federal Congressional Budget Office projecting this week that some 8.6 ...

Six months after Donald Trump’s presidential victory, a new AP poll says Democrats remain deeply pessimistic about the future ...

A new poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that only about one-third of ...

Illinois Republicans have no bench of experienced prospects to speak of. Because of extreme gerrymandering, the GOP has few ...

The Illinois governor has not announced whether he will seek a third term in Springfield next year, but he also has not said ...

A lifelong resident of Rockford is joining a growing field of candidates from both the left and right looking to unseat ...

At this rate, Illinois won’t be the soybean capital of the world forever, and the state will be poorer for it.

All of Glenn Youngkin’s horses and all of Glenn Youngkin’s men couldn’t put the Republican Party of Virginia back together again. First, Youngkin pulled off the improbable: He was narrowly ...

Pope Leo XIV voted in Democratic primaries in 2008 and 2010 and in three Republican primaries in the years that followed, ...

As state lawmakers work on a spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1, choosing the most conservative outlook ...