Rudolph Bush

An Illinois official who helps oversee mass-transit programs caused several drivers--including a sheriff's deputy--to swerve out of his way before he was arrested on drunken-driving charges in McHenry County this...

After a Florida judge rejected attempts by leaders of Congress to intervene in the long-running case of Terri Schiavo, the feeding tube that sustains the brain-damaged woman was removed Friday...

Two Democratic U.S. House members from Chicago have begun talking up the idea of trying to flex their party's might in Illinois to redraw congressional districts years ahead of schedule....

In her black cowboy hat and fancy gown, Susie Hitchcock-Hall of Midland, Texas, came to celebrate President Bush's inauguration and also to do a little business. At the Texas State...

Health departments across Illinois and the Upper Midwest are flush with flu vaccine despite fears just weeks ago that shortages would leave many seniors, young children and the critically ill...

Congress has dropped funding for state and local agencies involved in a program that has been critical to Chicago's recent success in curbing violent crime. Project Safe Neighborhoods, a cooperative...

After an election that saw his engagement become a regular source of controversy, U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller is set to marry the politically powerful daughter of a former Guatemalan dictator...

Illinois election officials were bracing for what could be a record crush of voters on Tuesday as candidates up and down the ballot put in a frenzied last day of...