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After surviving a round of post-filing challenges, west suburbanites will be well represented in the Feb.

If you're cold today, here's a possible solution. Get hot under the collar reading a New York Times piece outlining trips and indulgences enjoyed by lawmakers at the expense of private interest groups.

The Long Beach City Council is revisiting setting up a written ethics code that might have stopped a lobbyist-city official situation.

Pat Quinn the other day, but don't expect any endorsement like that for Republican US Senate candidate Mark Kirk Environmental groups who champion cap-and-trade say Kirk has now cost himself general election support in a decidedly Democratic state.

Richard Durbin speak to the media at a press conference about the Thomson Correctional Center on Nov.

Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., a Wisconsin Republican, toured a prince's vineyard and castle in Liechtenstein and spent an afternoon at a ski resort in the Alps - all at the expense of a group of European companies.

A Chicago AIDS charity has been ordered to return a $500,000 state grant it received to rehabilitate a South Side apartment building, amid questions about the group's spending.

This isn't much of a surprise to subscribers. As I told them earlier this week, Doyle, a Democratic campaign operative , had serious petition problems.

The Illinois Lottery unveiled a new game to mark World AIDS Day. It's a new quality of life scratch-off ticket called "Red Ribbon Bonus Bucks." Tickets cost $2. The top prize is $20,000. All proceeds will fund HIV/AIDS prevention education and awareness across Illinois.

Ald. Toni Preckwinkle now has a real chance to defeat unpopular incumbent Stroger, Clerk Brown and water district president Terry O'Brien. 11/18/2009 10:00 PM DICK SIMPSON Cook County is a backwater of government - historically a sleepy place whose machinations didn't inspire the level of scrutiny state government or Chicago's city council ...

Washington, D.C. - Alabama Rep. Artur Davis voted against the health care bill that passed in the House of Representatives.

The nation's top political commentators, legislators and intellectuals offer some insight into the biggest question burning up the blogosphere today.

Seems even Illinois Democrats are beginning to turn against the proposal to ship terrorist suspects to an "Illinois Gitmo." Rep.

This story was written by CBSNews.com political reporter Brian Montopoli . It's been an ugly few years for the United States Postal Service.

Danny Davis - an aide who doesn't appear in official records at times that he was working for Davis - may raise questions for the lawmaker since ethics rules prohibit maintaining slush funds and hiring unpaid staff except under strict circumstances.

The Mobile Press-Register received some very interesting responses from a survey they submitted to the candidates in the Alabama governor's race.

Incumbent congressman Danny Davis's decision to drop out of the race for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners didn't surprise many veteran political observers Davis made the call for four primary reasons, according to a press release his campaign circulated after Monday's announcement: He likes being congressman; he says he's good at ...

Just days after a visiting professor at Williams College pleaded guilty to charges of fraud in federal court, the aftermath of his conviction is still being felt on campus and has led to the postponement of Monday's Congressional Black Caucus symposium.

A visiting professor at Williams College was suspended on Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges of fraud in federal court earlier this week.

The federal deficit has reached a monumental high of $1.4 trillion under Democratsa watch and thanks to their recent spending sprees it could swell to $9 trillion over the next decade.