A Delaware mother is suing Delaware City Refinery over pollution she believes impacted her child’s health and their ability to enjoy their home. Brittany Stewart – who prefers to go by her married ...

Pollutants can harm human health and enter the body through the air people breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat. Yet even as evidence of widespread exposure has been found in ...

Nothing like St. Patrick's Day in Illinois. Results from a busy primary election as of the morning of Wednesday, March 18, show a blue state ready to select its next roster of congressional leadership ...

Illinois voters on Tuesday selected Democratic and Republican candidates who will represent the parties in the Nov. 3 General Election. Candidates advanced on both the local and statewide level.

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago, overseeing editorial operations and social media, and covering breaking, local and community news. Voters chose their candidates for ...

UPDATE: Darren Bailey was projected by NBC News as the winner of the contested Republican gubernatorial race, beating fellow candidates Ted Dabrowski, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois voters are deciding primaries Tuesday for six open U.S. House and Senate seats that will spur a new generation of leadership in the state's heavily Democratic congressional ...

Former Lieutenant Gov. Juliana Stratton has won the Democratic primary to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, receiving a significant boost from voters in Cook County. Stratton defeated U.S. Rep.

In-person voting for the Illinois primary elections takes place Tuesday, March 17 and several significant races will be listed on the ballot. Voting can be complicated, so here's a straightforward ...

Virtually all of the different battles simmering inside the Democratic Party this year are on display in Tuesday’s primaries in Illinois, where retirements by key House Democrats and the state’s ...

Governor J. B. Pritzker ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. His running mate, Christian Mitchell, a former state representative and Pritzker’s former deputy governor, declared his candidacy after ...

Editor's Note: Our latest election results story can be found here. For a live look at the results, go to our Election page here. It was an eventful night in Illinois politics, with five Congressional ...