Bill Foster

Retired City Manager Ken Frank was honored March 25 by Laguna Beach Seniors Inc., but he had to be coerced into accepting the fifth annual Legacy Award. "The award is presented to people who have left a lasting legacy to our town," said Seniors...

From the Breaking News Center: First lady Michelle Obama will visit Chicago on Oct. 13 to help raise money for state Democrats leading up to the Nov. 2 mid-term elections. Obama will appear at a fundraiser for Senate candidate Alexi......

Posted by Oscar Avila at 8:03 p.m. First Lady Michelle Obama offered a personal character reference Wednesday for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias, whose integrity is under attack from Republican opponents. On her first day on the...

Posted by Oscar Avila at 11:25 a.m. First Lady Michelle Obama promoted early voting this morning – in words and example – at a time when both political parties are encouraging their supporters not to wait until Election Day. Obama,......

Posted by Joseph Ryan at 5:50 p.m.; updated at 9:22 p.m. Candidates vying for a pair of suburban congressional seats are running nearly neck-and-neck in the money race as the final stretch approaches and voters are inundated with political TV......

Posted by Tribune staff at 3:55 p.m. We've run congressional overview pieces on Illinois' 10th District, 11th District and 14th District races. Tomorrow we'll have overviews in our Chicagoland Extra print sections on the 6th District, 8th District and...

Posted by Joseph Ryan and Ray Gibson at 9:40 p.m. National Democrats have doubled down in two closely-watched suburban congressional races, spending nearly $1 million for TV ad time with little more than a week left before voters hit the......

Posted by Katherine Skiba and Kristen Schorsch at 7:30 p.m.; last updated at 12:01 p.m. Republican Robert Dold declared victory tonight over Democrat Dan Seals in a hotly-contested North Shore congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Sen.-elect Mark Kirk....

In the far western suburbs, Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster was defending his newly-won seat against Republican Randy Hultgren, a state senator from Winfield. The …...

Democratic U.S. Reps. Bill Foster and Debbie Halvorson conceded defeat tonight to Republican challengers in key suburban congressional races. In the far western suburbs, Republican …...

Tom Johnson, a former Illinois state representative from the western suburbs, has been picked to serve the remainder of the state senate term of Randy …...

The House Republicans' campaign committee issued the first salvo last week, suggesting that Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal should approach House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and "put her in her place" on Afghan policy. Pelosi responded the next day, calling the...