1983: Harold Washington was elected Chicago’s first Black mayor. Washington, a U.S. representative who also served in the ...

He lost the last presidential election by the narrowest margin in South Korean history, but now Lee Jae-myung is the ...

Both Mayor Tiffany Henyard and her ally trustee Andrew Holmes were no-shows at Henyard's last Dolton Village Board meeting ...

Chicago City Council members gathered Monday for a special meeting on voting in a new alderman for the 35th Ward. Mayor Brandon Johnson picked Anthony Quezada to represent the 35th Ward. ABC7 Chicago ...

MORE TRUMP CUTS: The National Endowment for the Humanities has canceled an annual $2 million grant to Illinois Humanities ...

Voter turnout in this past Tuesday’s election was largely contingent on tax hike proposals and the contentiousness of the ...

(From left) Jose Alfredo Pacheco Gonzalez and his brother Jose Gregorio Gonzalez hold hands during a news conference at the Resurrection Project in Pilsen, hours after Jose Gregorio Gonzalez was ...

In local elections Tuesday, 79 percent of the candidates backed by the Illinois Democratic Party won. Several Republican ...

Despite voters ousting high-profile mayors in Aurora, Tinley Park and Waukegan, residents reelected incumbents in numerous ...

As he basked in the revelry of his reelection victory Tuesday night, Mayor Daniel Biss reminisced when asked to think back 21 ...

Monica Gordon marked 100 days in office. In that time, she said, she’s seen an increase in requests for records like birth certificates and marriage licenses.

Judge Dale Ho dismissed the corruption indictment against Eric Adams with prejudice, meaning charges cannot be revived.