Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create whole ...

Though municipal and school board races in Illinois are nonpartisan, voters may see many of the same political themes that ...

Greene County's April 1 election has mostly unopposed races, with a few contested positions in municipal and township elections.

Republicans threw a stink bomb into the chambers of the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court. Citing the Illinois Constitution’s requirement that legislative maps be “compact,” the GOP ...

Some rural residents in Illinois and Oregon are pushing for state separation, seeking alignment with states like Indiana and Idaho. They argue that urban areas overshadow their political voices.

Elections in Rock Island are officially nonpartisan, but some aldermanic candidates have prior associations with a party. All ...

Lake County was recently named the wealthiest county in Illinois, according to finance website SmartAsset, and one southwestern Illinois locale cracked the top 10, as well.

While Illinois’ total population grew slightly last year, many areas of the state experienced population decline. People ...

After several years of decline, the population is increasing, helped by immigration, while outbound migration slows.