Eric Henderson is Managing Editor, Midwest for CBSNews.com. He has won three Emmy Awards, an Eric Sevareid Award and two Edward R. Murrow Awards.

This is Illinois, which is a place of sharp elbows and rough-and-tumble politics. I can’t tell you that doesn’t seep into the ...

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin decided to retire, and the media is all aglow with praise. However, the recent articles missed a ...

Illinois congressman Mike Bost has announced he’s running for re-election. Bost was first elected to congress in 2014. President Trump endorsed Bost on social ...

Rep. Robin Kelly on Tuesday joined the Democratic primary field for the open Senate seat in Illinois.

The Illinois House passed legislation Thursday to require law enforcement have stricter hiring practices following the murder ...

Illinois Democrat U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky says she won’t seek reelection next year after 14 terms in the House.