David Leonhardt, an editorial director for Opinion, talks to the Opinion correspondent Michelle Cottle about her recent reporting trip to Kansas. Cottle argues that Democrats should look to moderate ...

Georgia’s State Ethics Commission on Monday declined to investigate whether Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones broke state law when he loaned $10 million to a campaign committee ...

With Alderperson Walter Burnett Jr. hoping to see his 29-year-old son, Walter III, appointed to his seat, we're taking a look ...

Texas Republicans are trying to generate new seats to help their party hold the U.S. House. Now other states may join in on ...

One evening in January 2024, a western Idaho deputy was called into the office to check on a suspicious person parked along ...

On Friday, the Cook County Democratic Party endorsed former Oak Park resident and 2010 OPRF graduate Margaret Noble Croke for ...

Illinois voters deserve a Democratic primary without heavy‑handed meddling, and Cook County Democrats made the right call by staying neutral.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Democratic-led state Legislature are already contending with a $3 billion hit to the Essential Plan ...

It’s some big shoes to fill: Markey’s campaign manager in 2020, the late John Wash, is credited with shepherding Markey to ...

Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice of heavy metal, has died.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky's decision to retire from the 9th District at the end of this year at age 81 has paved ...