Illinois voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, April 1, for the 2025 consolidated election, weighing in on key local leadership and ballot measures. Mayoral races in Belleville, Alton, O’Fallon, ...

Four years ago, the Illinois General Assembly passed Permanent Vote by Mail, or VBM. I cringed — not because of fears over fraud, ballot harvesting or cheating, but because I knew Republicans had been ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a lawsuit led by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (R-Illinois), challenging ...

A majority of the court appeared sympathetic to the argument that political candidates should be able to sue over their ...

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The Supreme Court appeared poised Wednesday to pave the way for a floodgate of lawsuits challenging certain state election ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling will focus on whether Bost, in his role as a political candidate, has legal grounds to sue over ...

This story has been updated with the correct address for the Carter Senior Center. Election Day 2024 is coming soon, but if you don't want to wait until Nov. 5 to cast your ballot in the national and ...