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The Homer Township Republican primary on Tuesday saw challengers defeat the incumbent board members, including Supervisor Steve Balich.

House Republicans have muscled their budget blueprint to passage, with a push from President Donald Trump

Here are the unofficial February 2025 primary election results for McHenry County's township races, including Algonquin, Grafton and Nunda townships.

If successful, this would be the first time that a state would remove existing, explicit nondiscrimination statutory protections for gender identity, according to the Movement Advancement Project

Before most McHenry County voters get a chance to vote this April, Algonquin, Grafton and Nunda township voters will choose on who will appear on ballot.

Two slates of republican candidates will face off Tuesday in a primary election in Homer Township.

The Will County Clerk said the county’s attorneys plan to appeal a judge’s decision to allow Joliet City Council member Cesar Guerrero on the ballot for the April 1 election for Joliet Township.

Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage over Democratic objections after a nearly all-night vote

“If you come to the table looking to spend more, I’m going to ask you where you want to cut,” Pritzker said during his budget address

Trump undercut the Senate GOP’s efforts on Wednesday, calling on both chambers to pass the House budget resolution

Cesar Guerrero is suing while Will County Annette Parker keeps him off ballot.

A day ahead of Gov. JB Pritzker’s annual budget address Wednesday, Senate Republicans said they want budget negotiations to include cuts to noncitizen spending while bringing in “transparent accounting.”

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program

Many U.S. adults believe the federal government is overspending

The Senate has confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence

Will County Democrats are pushing the case for Cesar Guerrero and Kevin "Kollins" Hedemark in township races after the county clerk says they can't be on April ballot.

House Republicans have missed another deadline to produce a massive budget package of tax cuts and slashed spending

Cesar Guerrero, a Joliet City Council member who opted to run for Joliet Township supervisor, is not likely to appear on the ballot. Incumbent Supervisor Alicia Morales now running as write-in.

President Donald Trump’s plan to implement tariffs on key United States trading partners could affect more than $100 billion worth of goods imported to Illinois from Canada, Mexico and China.

The special guest will be former Secret Service Agent Tim McCarthy.

Republican lawmakers put forward a proposal to expel students who sexually assault another student at school.

Democrats continue to hold a supermajority in the Illinois House thanks to illegally gerrymandered House districts, House Republicans allege in a new lawsuit filed with the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said he saw no evidence in Trump’s executive orders that the president was following through on campaign promises to lower costs for Americans

Several members of the suburban delegation to Congress won’t attend Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday

Her often-testy confirmation hearing centered on concerns that Trump would seek to use the Justice Department’s law enforcement powers to exact retribution against opponents

U.S. Rep Brad Schneider hopes the New Democrat Coalition will be able to collaborate with the Republican majority to shape legislation over the next two years and possibly beyond.

A measure awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature will help protect transgender people and victims of domestic violence who seek to change their names, according to its proponents

Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the separation of church and state

A Manhattan couple facing charges of pandemic relief fraud and other charges have filed a federal lawsuit claiming Will County authorities and the U.S. Secret Service are targeting citizens like them with “frivolous” civil forfeiture cases to line their pockets.

Li Arellano now represents the 37th District, which is composed of all or parts of Bureau, DeKalb, Henry, La Salle, Lee, Marshall, Ogle, Peoria, Rock Island, Stark, Whiteside and Woodford counties.

President-elect Donald Trump emerged from a lengthy Capitol Hill meeting with Senate Republicans with no set strategy for tackling his legislative priorities

In a deeply partisan Congress, one group of lawmakers with a shared background is working in a bipartisan way to try to pass important legislation

The Senate has rushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown

This month they will host an After Christmas Party for loyal friends of Twin City Conservatives.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, said any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine

Donald Trump’s second term comes with the specter of the world’s richest man serving as his political enforcer

Will County Board members spent fewer than four minutes choosing their new leadership but close to six hours debating proposed changes to their rules and procedures.

Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation

The ballot for Village of Bourbonnais’ general election next April will have three less names on it for trustee

Illinois lawmakers returned to Springfield Tuesday for the first time since May following news earlier this month that they’re facing a projected $3.2 billion budget deficit for the fiscal year that begins July 1

Incumbent Democrats Johnathon Jackson and Robin Kelly appear to have easily won their bids for another term in Congress, representing Illinois Districts 1 and 2, respectively.

Preliminary, unofficial election results show no seats in the state House or Senate have changed party hands, although a few races remained too close to call according to the Associated Press

Unofficial vote totals show Democratic incumbents Kevin ‘Duffy’ Blackburn and Karen Stukel are leading their respective races for Will County auditor and recorder of deeds.

Here is a roundup of the unofficial winners in the state Senate races across Will County in the Nov. 5 General Election.

Unofficial vote totals on Tuesday night show incumbent Laurie Summers maintained a lead over Robert Enright in the race for the Will County Coroner’s Office.

Republicans have taken the Senate majority for first time in four years

Here are three races to keep an eye in Will County on as the votes roll in on Tuesday evening.

74th district incumbent Brad Fritts holds a watch party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 as he seeks to retain his seat against challenger David Simpson. Fritts won with 70 percent of the vote.

The polls will be open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. across Will County on Tuesday for the General Election.

Democrats have maintained their hold over the Will County Coroner’s Office for 36 years and a Republican will once again try to win the office in Tuesday’s election.