Here are the election results in the races for mayor and village president in the south and southwest suburbs.
South and southwest suburbs choose mayors/village presidents
Category: Politics
State Sen. Napoleon Harris leading in race for Thornton Township supervisor
Thornton Township supervisor candidate Napoleon Harris and his Democratic slate were leading for all offices Tuesday night.
Results begin to come in for Aurora mayoral race between Richard Irvin and John Laesch
Aurora mayor’s race is between incumbent Richard Irvin and challenger John Laesch.
Incumbent Benny White, Park Board President Mary Gibson appear to take early lead in Naperville council race
Voters in Naperville are deciding on an eight-way race for the four City Council seats up for election.
Voters cast ballots Tuesday in a variety of races in Kane and nearby counties
Turnout appears on pace with, if not slightly higher than, past off-year elections, local clerks’ offices said on Tuesday.
Debate resumes over 8 p.m. curfew for teens downtown after boy is shot during ‘teen takeover’ in Streeterville Friday: ‘I couldn’t even go into my door’
Residents, including a Streeterville neighborhood group, are calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson to stop the “reckless and unlawful behavior.”
Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that set a historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.
Collegiate transgender athlete ban gets initial Indiana Senate approval
A bill that would ban transgender women from collegiate sports passed on second reading in the Senate Tuesday, with amendments proposed by Democrats voted down by the Republican supermajority.
Here’s where jobs and programs are being cut at the nation’s top health agencies
Thousands of people responsible for tracking health trends and disease outbreaks, conducting and funding medical research, monitoring the safety of food and medicine, and administering health insurance programs were laid off Tuesday.
Republicans reject Speaker Johnson’s effort to block moms and dads in House from proxy voting
House Speaker Mike Johnson endured a decisive defeat Tuesday after he staged an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to vote by proxy, rather than in person, as they care for newborns.