During a budget hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Committee several weeks ago, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) asked HHS ...

Thanks, Mayor Harvey. Dick Durbin was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1997 and has been the Senate Democratic Whip since 2005.

But in some of the nation’s biggest Senate races, Democrats are relying on an old strategy of recruiting—and then clearing ...

Terry Redman, chairman of the DeWitt County Democratic Party, received the Party Builder Award at the annual Democratic County Chairs' Association Brunch on Aug. 13 in Springfield.

Budzinski’s vote is suspicious ...

While the standoff appears to be drawing to a close, Texas Democrats in Illinois have laid the groundwork for declaring victory even if the Texas GOP eventually passes its map.

After leaving the state to block the G.O.P. from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, Democratic lawmakers are keeping ...

The new management is making fighting violent crime a priority.

Jotaka Eaddy, #WInWithBlackWomen founder, will support Illinois representative Robin Kelly in the 2027 Senate race.

California’s move to launch a redistricting effort ahead of next year’s midterms has piled new pressure on other blue states ...

California US Senator Alex Padilla Joins Democrat Senators Urging IRS to Maintain Vital Multilingual Services for Taxpayers – Say, “Maintaining And Expanding Multilanguage Services Is Critical To The ...

Local leaders slam President Donald Trump’s threat to take over policing in Chicago as flat-out illegal. And school board members push back on a CPS budget that puts off a huge pension payment.