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With many more people voting by mail this fall, election officials feared that millions of ballots would be rejected in the general election. Instead, rejection rates went down across the country.

Donald Trump has had success at using identity politics. Ohio's Mahoning Valley is a place where a conservative version of identity politics — tied to race and class — is flourishing.

Sweeping new stay-at-home orders issued in the San Francisco Bay area have legal experts worried about constitutional infringements in coronavirus response.

Arizona is now the latest Republican-run state to enact new restrictions on voting. The measure comes as the GOP-led state Senate conducts a controversial election review in Arizona's largest county.

Wisconsin's supreme court overturn of the stay-at-home order allows the administration of Gov. Tony Evers to issue orders, but only with legislative approval.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood is calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to veto a bill that would allow terminally ill individuals to get a prescription to end their life.

With advocates estimating that as much as 95% of food consumed in Illinois is imported, a state program aims to support the local supply chain.

Newly released video shows Bloomington Police officers spent 10 minutes pleading with a 15-year-old to drop a gun before fatally shooting him when the confrontation escalated.

Courts turned to remote juries during the pandemic. Now they're grappling with continuing a practice that can expand the pool of jurors but is also susceptible to problems common to all video calls.

Alaska's former governor had alleged an editorial maliciously linked her to a 2011 mass shooting. But a federal judge said her evidence was "so weak" the case shouldn't proceed.