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Credit Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska for two years and a former mayor of Wasilla, with the experience necessary to become president of the United States, perhaps - one of the criteria that John McCain said ...

Some traveled thousands of miles. Many waited hours just to get into the stadium.

Governor Rod Blagojevich's office says services won't be reduced in a program for elderly residents.

The Democratic and Republican conventions have meant around-the-clock coverage for the cable news networks.

The Blagojevich administration says it will lay off 325 workers this fall because of budget cuts.

The University of Illinois says two-time presidential candidate John Edwards plans to speak on its Urbana-Champaign campus in October.

Tammy Duckworth, an Army helicopter pilot who lost both legs in Iraq, told the Democratic convention Wednesday that Republican John McCain has unfailingly backed a Bush administration that "let our warriors ...

Aug 27 - Democrats nominated Sen. Barack Obama as their presidential candidate in a historic first for a black American, sending him into battle against Republican John McCain.

Layoffs, furloughs and a hiring freeze are being implemented by Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes to cope with cuts made to his office budget by Gov.

Speakers for the Thursday night session of the Democratic National Convention. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is set to accept the party's nomination.

Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:20am EDT LOS ANGELES - Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson will sing the national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Thursday, the night Barack Obama ...

Can a hug heal the divisions in Illinois politics? Governor Rod Blagojevich and House Speaker Michael Madigan hugged each other Wednesday in the name of unity at the Democratic National Convention.

He can't hurt. . " Chris Carney has forgotten more about national security than Don Sherwood will ever know," - Sen.

Madonna has always reveled in controversy and with the recent launch of her concert tour, "Sticky & Sweet," the 50-year-old pop star has kicked up a new fuss by comparing John McCain to Adolf Hitler in a video.

The release of a 2004 interview with former 1960s radical William Ayers, in which he compared U.S. government actions to the Sept.

The numbers represent a kind of scorecard on President Bush's stewardship of the economy at the kitchen-table level.

After watching his wife speak at the DNC from a Kansas City home on Monday night, Sen.

The tension between convention planners and television news organizations who don't want to be seen as doing the politicians' bidding was obvious Monday during the first night of the Democratic meeting that ...

Ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy, head of America's most fabled political family, offered a rousing tribute to Barack Obama on Monday in an emotional appearance that had many fellow Democrats near tears.

Sen. John McCain told a crowd at a fundraiser that his wife is on her way to the embattled nation of Georgia, an announcement coming just hours before Sen.