GOP state House candidate Herbert Hebein lost his fight for a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives, capturing 32 percent of the vote.

Incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner conceded defeat Tuesday night as Democrat J.B. Pritzker claimed the governorship of Illinois, capturing 59 percent of the vote to Rauner’s 35 percent.

Herbert Hebein, a retired Chicago police officer and GOP state House candidate in District 35, said a vote for his opponent, state Rep. Frances Ann Hurley (D-Mt. Greenwood), would continue the same broken system.

If the process of assessing Chicago property taxes is “opaque,” as the Illinois Policy Institute states, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: allowing aldermen to serve as property tax attorneys may be a conflict of interest.

House Speaker Mike Madigan has provided a combined $15 million in funding to dozens of state representatives currently holding office, the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) reports.

Grilled meats, signature cocktails and a charity auction are highlights of Kyle Schwarber’s Second Annual Block Party to honor the city’s first responders.

Lake Township residents may be in for sticker shock this year when they receive their 2018 property tax bills.

Illinois ranks fourth nationwide in terms of outmigration, according to recent data from Stevens Worldwide Van Lines.

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this weak overturning a decades-old decision allowing unions to charge non-members for lobbying seems to belong a world away, ideologically, from the one in 1977 that said such fees were constitutional.

News that the Village of Glencoe has cross-trained all its emergency response staff, and can now use a single fund for police and firefighter retirement benefits raises the question about whether other communities have attempted similar consolidation.

After his recent victory over Carol Smith Donovan for a seat on the Illinois Republican Central Committee, newcomer Mark Hosty had some conciliatory words for his fellow Republicans.

Ex-Markham Mayor David Webb Jr. was accused in federal court in Chicago of bribery, according to a Dec. 1 press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois.

The Better Government Association is urging Chicago commissioners to exercise due diligence in determining whether Cook County's controversial soda tax should be repealed.