Illinois' political landscape will undergo major changes through the 2026 election cycle, with several rarely-open seats in ...

The U.S. Justice Department has sued three states, including Illinois and Wisconsin, and D.C. for not turning over requested ...

The DOJ's Illinois election lawsuit aims to access unredacted voter registration data to uphold federal laws on election integrity.

SPRINGFIELD - The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to force Illinois state election officials to turn over full ...

The Justice Department says it's about preventing "vote dilution," but privacy advocates argue the effort could eventually be used to disenfranchise people.

Illinois was one of four government bodies sued by the U.S. Justice Department for unredacted copies of voter rolls. Also ...

CHICAGO — Two days before Tuesday’s local elections, the Illinois Republican Party sent out an email to supporters declaring it to be “a do or die moment for us.” The email was just another in a ...

The DOJ's lawsuit against Illinois is the 22nd of similar litigation that the Trump administration has launched to gain ...

Illinois Elections Board staff recommended Senate President Don Harmon’s campaign committee be fined $9.8 million for campaign fundraising violations but the penalty was not imposed because ...

Illinois voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, April 1, for the 2025 consolidated election. On the ballot are several mayoral races in Rock Island, East Moline, Moline and other hometowns, along ...

A woman charged with forging voter signatures on candidate ballot petitions in St. Joseph County pleaded guilty on Friday December 19, 2025 to felony election f ...