The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections.
Here are updates on some of the U.S. House and Senate races that were still not called.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case canceled any remaining court deadlines Friday while prosecutors assess the “the appropriate course going forward” in light of the Republican’s presidential victory.
Several federal and state agencies are investigating how racist mass texts were sent to Black people across the country in the wake of the presidential election this week.
More than half of the voters who live within Golf School District 67 voted Tuesday to approve a $26 million referendum that called for the district to pay for capital and safety improvements in the two-school district. According to unofficial election results from the Cook County clerk’s office, 53% of voters chose to approve the referendum. About 47% voted against the measure. The question on the ballot asked: “Shall the Board of Education of Golf School District Number 67, Cook County, Illinois, alter, repair and equip the Hynes Elementary and Golf Middle School Buildings and improve the sites thereof, including […]
As the Nov. 5 general election wraps up, officials in Northwest Indiana prepare for the next political process: a caucus. Lake and Porter counties will both hold at least one caucus following the general election’s results. A caucus is a closed meeting of people in the same political party to select candidates, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary’s website. The Lake County Democratic Party will hold a caucus to fill Mark Spencer’s seat on the Gary Common Council. The Porter County Republican Party will hold a caucus to fill Ed Morales’ seat as Porter Township trustee. Spencer, a Democrat, this week […]
The charges against Michael Mollo Jr., 44, and Emil Kozeluh, 41, are the first Chicago-area cases to be brought involving the events at the Capitol since the election earlier this week of Donald Trump.
Suburban voters outside Chicago generally bucked a national conservative trend in Tuesday’s election by supporting more than a dozen measures to borrow more than $1.1 billion to fund schools, and more for fire stations, park facilities and open land.
As he bid farewell to Washington in January 2021, deeply unpopular and diminished, Donald Trump was already hinting at a comeback.
What impact will a second Trump administration have on Illinois and Chicago, a city he has routinely mocked?