Political parties exist for a public purpose. They organize voters around shared principles, nominate candidates, compete in ...

Reddick Mansion is a gorgeous historic home open for tours, showing how the wealthy lived in the 1800s. The Fox River flows ...

Abraham Lincoln, America's 16th President, steered the nation through the Civil War, dismantling slavery and preserving the Union. Rising from humble frontier beginnings, his political career ...

A new book examines the 16th president's life through the battle royale of Illinois partisan politics. It's ugly — and familiar.

Lincoln's words were an appropriate warning 168 years ago, and they still have relevance today, writes Stephen Miller.

Events going on in and around Jacksonville during the week ahead.

The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Tuesday night’s first major televised 2026 governor’s race debate wasn’t halfway over when its newest entrant — San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan — came under a second attack from a rival on stage. “He just ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas’ State Board of Education is moving forward with a major overhaul of the state’s social studies curriculum, reigniting debate over how slavery, race, and civil rights ...

Holly Andreatta’s fellow Lincoln City Council members opted not to censure her Tuesday night after a lengthy public debate surrounding the polarizing comments she made at a conservative high school ...

It was 1860 and America was at an inflection point. It wasn't just slavery that was on trial: the Founding Fathers' vision itself was up for grabs. A growing segment of America’s population—mostly in ...