Georgia asked a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn a ruling that required more majority-Black state and congressional districts, a case that, if successful, has the potential to ...

Increased costs – from higher Medicaid, K-12 education and pension costs – could negate potential positives from adding ...

A Civil War map in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland reads, “S. E. Missouri, Country Around Ironton” on its ...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has joined Ohio with three other states in a federal lawsuit seeking to keep certain ...

President Trump revoked a Biden-era executive order that affirmed the longstanding practice of including the total number of ...

The measure would allow 14 and 15-year-olds to work summer jobs for Illinois park districts and recreational departments, as long as an 18-year-old is on-site. This means minors could have jobs like ...

The second Sudanese civil war, which lasted from 1983 to 2005, ended with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In 2011, nearly 99 percent of South Sudanese voted in favor of the ...

The Illinois Constitution requires that state legislative districts be "contiguous and reasonably compact." There are no such requirements in place for the state's congressional districts. [10] State ...

In 2022, the Louisiana Legislature drew a new congressional map that included only one majority Black district. A group of Black Louisiana voters and civil rights organizations sued, arguing the map ...

of Rolling Thunder Chapter 2 Illinois. Van Heck's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific along with the others still missing from World War ...

(The Center Square) – Members of Illinois’ congressional delegation offered mixed reactions to the certification of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.