State Sen. Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago) will be Illinois’ next attorney general after defeating opponent Erika Harold in Tuesday’s election. The election was expected to be the closest of five statewide...

The Illinois attorney general election is predicted to be a close one. According to a recent poll from the Paul Simon Institute at Southern Illinois University, State Sen. Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago) is...

After several package bombs were sent to influential Democrats and the CNN office in New York, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) thanked law enforcement for intercepting the packages before they reached...

The Graduate School Dean Teresa Woodruff has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the University announced in a Monday news release. The academy recognizes individuals who have demonstrated...

Former president Barack Obama has endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker and his running mate Juliana Stratton ahead of November’s midterm elections. Obama tweeted out a list of...