Pat Quinn in 2009, after then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office. State Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez speaks at the Illinois Presidential Delegation's daily breakfast at ...

Rod Blagojevich as those bonds are retired. But the latter is only a small share of the advanced front-funding urged by the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability and other civic groups. They ...

Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledged that President Donald Trump's reelection was a factor in his decision to seek a third term. "I ...

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

On June 27, 1957, Hurricane Audrey slammed into coastal Louisiana and Texas as a Category 4 storm, causing as many as 600 deaths. In 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were ...

Teresa Giudice's ex-husband penned an emotional plea to the President, imploring him to give him a chance to reunite with his ...

English historian Edward Gibbon completed work on his six-volume work, “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” ...

Dennis Rader, the so-called "BTK" (bind, torture, kill) killer, pleaded guilty to 10 slayings in the Wichita, Kan., area. He ...

Ben Collins has overseen the comeback of a print edition of 'The Onion' over the past year and pledges that it will continue ...