Celebrating another victory of Chicago’s political machine — the 1955 first-term mayoral election of Richard J. Daley — Chicago Alderman Mathias “Paddy” Bauler danced a jig as he happily announced ...

This is the English version of the RoundTable’s 2026 primary election ballot guide. The Spanish version can be read here. Nota del editor: ...

JB Pritzker will propose a plan during his State of the State address to drastically limit local governments’ authority to restrict the types of structures that can be built on property zoned ...

Election Day in Texas has morphed into a two-week period. In-person early voting began Tuesday, Feb. 17, and continues ...

Democrats in Illinois have accused the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the powerful pro-Israel organization, of meddling in competitive primary races.

At a political event hosted by WGLT, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood talked about political engagement, voter ID laws, gerrymandering, social media, and voter ...

Virginia is the new Illinois. The practice of drawing partisan districts is named after Elbridge Gerry, the 19th-century Massachusetts governor. Even he might blush at the extreme gerrymander that Dem ...

Fritz Kaegi is running for this third term as assessor against challenger Pat Hynes, endorsed by the Democratic Party. Lyons ...

How much worse can gerrymandering get? Will the Supreme Court strike down a landmark voting rights law? We asked two experts.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Chicago institution who left footprints globally in his ardent advocacy for civil rights, has died. He ...

This year’s midterms will serve as a referendum on the first two years of President Donald Trump’s second term and will shape his final two years in office.

Bill Daley and Ray LaHood said the timing is “not ripe” amid a polarized climate shaped by mid-decade congressional gerrymandering wars nationwide.