David Mendell

Illinois voters head to the polls Tuesday under a cloud of negative advertising to decide the outcome of rare competitive congressional contests with national implications, a bitter race for governor...

Politicians closed out a furious final weekend of campaigning Sunday, playing to supporters and praying with parishioners to get voters to the polls. Even sports fans weren't immune as the...

The guilty plea of political insider Stuart Levine on federal kickback charges has thickened the clouds of corruption hanging over next week's election and could taint how voters view Illinois...

Under provisions of the state's Freedom of Information Act, Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office should make public federal subpoenas issued to his administration and not withhold them, Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan's...

Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Republican rival Judy Baar Topinka argued Tuesday over who could best answer voters' concerns about ethics and how to pay for schools and health care....

Rufus Williams, who rose from Burger King worker to Oprah Winfrey's chief financial officer, has won Mayor Richard Daley's backing as the next president of Chicago's Board of Education, city...

In a new kind of political pork, state officials awarded $12 million to more than 100 non-profit groups, businesses, schools and churches for after-school programs that, in some cases, served...

With the historic legal battle to integrate America's big-city schools being abandoned across the nation, the Chicago schools and the federal government have reached a tentative agreement that would release...