The race for president tops the list of federal, state and local contests in Illinois, where voters have supported the Democratic presidential nominee for decades but lower-ballot contests are ...

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.

Illinois residents headed to the voting booth Tuesday, deciding races for local and national office — including the next U.S. president. Here's a recap of what happened. Nearly 70 percent of ...

Besides the race for president, voters in Illinois will decide U.S. House races, state legislative races, and several local elections, including Cook County State's Attorney and Chicago Board of ...

An advisory referendum asking Peoria Township voters if the state of Illinois should implement ranked-choice voting in statewide elections garnered strong support. According to the Peoria County ...

In her office in the southern Illinois community of Pinckneyville, population 5,005, Tammy Kellerman worked as a bookkeeper for the rural fire protection district that answers calls outside the 6 ...

Democratic incumbent Gregg Johnson was re-elected to represent Illinois' 72nd House District on Tuesday, the only local contested statehouse race on Rock Island County's ballot. Johnson defeated ...

Nineteen of the 22 Illinois schools in the Stateline Area were ranked either as commendable or exemplary — the top two tiers of the Illinois State Board of Education ranking system, according to ...

Illinois voters are heading to the polls through Election Day, and all voters in the state will be faced with a series of advisory questions. Those advisory questions, the first Illinois voters ...

Good news, many Illinois residents have a faster way they can get their license plate stickers. The state launched a new pilot program where residents can renew their license and get their license ...

"Here we go." Illinois coach Brad Underwood took the words right out of our mouths in his final preseason press conference ahead of Monday's tipoff to the 2024-25 NCAA basketball season.