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Cajun life is all about getting together to be with people to celebrate what you love: music, food and camaraderie. But the pandemic has shut that life down.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Jane Smiley, about her newest novel, Perestroika in Paris.

Remarkably few counties shifted in the 2020 election, which saw sky-high turnout. The president's base voted in big numbers in rural areas, but Biden's gains in the suburbs propelled him to victory.

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s vacated 22nd District House seat has a new occupant — the second replacement in four days — after Madigan...

Illinois has long held the record for the most units of local government in any state — 8,923 local taxing bodies to be exact, according to a recent...

Our panelists read three stories about bad timing, only one of which is true.

Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris had their only debate Wednesday in Salt Lake City, with the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House as a major backdrop.

Despite its origins in the popular music of the North, the song "Dixie" became the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy during the Civil War and still endures as a divisive symbol in modern America.

After years of price hikes, the cost of the average Affordable Care Act policy is dropping across the U.S. Competition among insurers has increased as the political uncertainty starts to settle down.

Come January 14, Illinois will have a new pro-pot-legalization governor and a Democrat-held legislature, leading many to believe the state will legalize...