Donald Trump’s victory sets the stage for a swift immigration crackdown after an AP VoteCast survey showed the president-elect’s supporters were largely focused on immigration and inflation — issues the Republican has been hammering throughout his campaign.
Donald Trump spent his first day as president-elect receiving congratulatory phone calls from his defeated opponent, world leaders and President Joe Biden as he began the process of turning his election victory into a government.
Voters have overwhelmingly backed the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s referendum to increase taxes so it can buy more land and maintain the open space it already owns.
Despite Republicans taking back the White House and U.S. Senate, Democrats at the local level had a strong showing across DuPage County in Tuesday’s election.
The Porter County Board of Commissioners will be solidly Republican come the first of the year following the reelection of President Jim Biggs to the North District and Porter Township Trustee Ed Morales to the South District.
Republicans swept the Porter County Council at-large race taking all three seats. Incumbent Andy Bozak took the top spot with 19% of the vote, followed by newcomer Michelle Harris with nearly 19%, and Council President Mike Brickner who took 17%.
Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before the president-elect takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
In the state’s most closely watched race, Democratic Rep. Eric Sorensen fended off a challenge from Republican Joe McGraw in the 17th district.
The village of Niles will not be broken up into representative districts and village trustees will continue to be elected at-large – each representing the whole north suburban town instead specific areas of it – after unofficial election results from the election Tuesday indicate a failed referendum. Niles voters said “no” to the referendum question that asked, “Shall the Village of Niles be divided into 6 districts with one Trustee elected from each district…?” As of late-evening on election night, 70% of voters responded “No” to the binding referendum, according to unofficial results by the Cook County Clerk’s office from […]
Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly transgender lawmaker to Congress on Tuesday. T