Illinois leaders are pushing back against the Trump administration's plans to ramp up immigration enforcement, signaling they’ll stand firm on the state’s sanctuary status.

The president elect’s housing agenda was light on specifics during the campaign, but his former housing czar’s plans are outlined in Project 2025.

Illinois residents headed to the polls Tuesday to decide local and national races, which range from US president to state ballot initiatives. Results are coming in.

One of three non-binding advisory questions on Illinois ballots is a measure to penalize political candidates for election interference.

For just the 11th time in 200 years, a majority of Illinois voters selected in a general election the candidate who ultimately would not become president. Though Democratic candidate Kamala Harris picked up the state’s 19 Electoral College votes,

Voters in Illinois are hitting their local polling places to cast votes. This presidential election, Illinois is worth 19 Electoral College votes, one of the largest prizes in the country.

Two first-term Illinois Democrats locked into competitive congressional contests held onto their seats as control of the U.S. House remained up for grabs.

Trump won a larger share of the Illinois vote in 2024 than in 2020 or 2016, reflecting a national trend in his third run for the White House.

Chung was elected to the 91st District — which includes Bartonville, East Peoria and Bloomington — in 2022. Her Facebook page highlights priorities such as women’s rights, lowering costs, strengthening the economy and “expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare for everyone.”

Illinois has 17 congressional districts – of which all but four include at least part of the greater Chicago area.

President-Elect Donald Trump may have lost Illinois, but the margin he lost by was the best performance for a Republican presidential candidate in decades. On Monday, with 98 percent of precincts reporting,