Politics & Government

For the last 20 years, Clara Underwood-Forman has served as a pastor at Potter's House of Peoria. Now she wants to serve on the city council.

Former congresswoman Cheri Bustos is taking a job as a consultant with a firm in the nation's capitol.

Effingham County Judge Joshua Morrison has issued a temporary restraining order on enforcement of House Bill 5471, also known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act, which bans the manufacture and sale of assault weapons.

Demario Boone says he would bring a unique perspective to the Peoria City Council as a product of the South Side who has worked for Peoria Public Schools and the police department.

The bill heading to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk guarantees 40 hours, or five days, of paid leave for every worker in Illinois.

The results of the Cure Violence Global Readiness Assessment appear to point toward the impending implementation of the program in Peoria.

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) said "there's real frustration" in his party over federal spending, including the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill passed by the Democrat-controlled lame-duck Congress last month.

For former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of a lifetime of achievements. But that doesn't mean his work is done.

Officials say an overnight fire at the Peoria Planned Parenthood clinic was intentionally set.

Dozens of elected sheriffs around Illinois are rebuking the state's new assault weapons ban — with many saying they won't enforce the law.