More than before, progressives working to protect people’s rights will need state supreme courts to be hospitable to lawsuits ...

After the passage of all three non-binding statewide referenda placed on the 2024 ballot by the state legislature, critics ...

Maywood Park District employees have not been paid for almost six weeks as the west suburban district struggles with mounting ...

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

watch Illinois guard Makira Cook (3) take a free-throw for a technical in a NCAA women’s basketball game at the State Farm ...

Abortion was on the ballot in 10 states this year, bringing more changes to the patchwork of state abortion laws following ...

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Election Day 2024 was mixed for libraries on the ballot across the country, which provides a small ray of optimism in a ...

In the interior, Colorado, New Mexico, Illinois, and Minnesota stand out ... by the Colorado Secretary of State and a couple ...

That lineup actually makes one pine for Gerald Ford, Walter Mondale, and Michael Dukakis. Veritable giants they now seem, compared to wingnuts (Trump), Nurse Ratched (Hillary), vacuous phonies (Harris ...

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Moderates have been largely squeezed out of relevance by a combination of polarization, plus the extreme gerrymandering in many states.