Paul Simon Public Policy Institute

A Capitol News Illinois data analysis found Illinois' upcoming March 19 primary is one of the least competitive in the state in at least the last two decades.

The U.S. Census Bureau announced in April that Illinois is one of seven states to lose a congressional seat in the once-a-decade reapportionment process. That process could ax one of the districts in the Metro East.

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 20, 2012 - WASHINGTON – In October 1949, the 20-year-old editor-publisher of the Troy Tribune…

While the jury in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial took the weekend off, court watchers had time to read between the lines of the jury's cryptic note…