Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including education policy and the ...

NO MIDWEST NICE: The New York Times is out with a juicy story about the Illinois Senate race and the “deep animosity” that Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Congress members Robin Kelly and Raja ...

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 ...

As with most lieutenant governors, Juliana Stratton might as well be in the federal witness protection program.

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan died Friday morning at 91, more than two decades after leaving office for the last time and 12 years after his release from federal prison.

Several new political parties have emerged in Bangladesh recently. On Friday, a new political party called Janata Party Bangladesh, led by film actor Ilias Kanchan, was launched. Just a day later, ...

His willingness to set aside party orthodoxy sometimes put him at odds with more ... of a charismatic young Democrat who promised to clean up Springfield — Rod Blagojevich. Later, as federal ...