Posted: 11:42 PM Republican Frank Gambino and Democrate Steve Stadelman debate.

Updated: 11:33 PM President Barack Obama is changing his strategy for his next face-off against Republican Mitt Romney.

Updated: 11:33 PM Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are tangling over taxes in their first presidential debate.

Posted: 12:34 AM After three years of hardball politics, the federal government announced it has bought Thomson Correctional Center from the State of Illinois for $165 million.

Updated: 10:59 AM The presidential candidates are leaving the heavy lifting of campaigning to their running mates as they spend one more day preparing for their first debate, scheduled for Wednesday night.

Posted: 10:42 PM The Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge from Illinois Republicans who want a Democratic-drawn legislative map thrown out

Posted: 10:58 PM In 39 days, Americans will head to the polls to elect our next president.

Posted: 10:45 PM Wisconsin's highest court says it won't hear challenges to the state's voter ID law.

Posted: 10:49 PM Union attorneys have asked a Madison judge to let stand a ruling that Republican Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining changes are unconstitutional.

Updated: 11:16 PM Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan was the featured speaker at a fundraiser for Winnebago County State's Attorney Joe Bruscato.

Updated: 11:12 PM The Illinois Policy Institute hosted a forum Tuesday night at Auburn High School to provide a greater understanding of how we're impacted by who funds teacher's pensions.

Posted: 10:26 PM Gov. Scott Walker is urging his supporters to sign a petition in support of his law restricting collective bargaining.

Posted: 10:23 PM Gov. Pat Quinn wants to boost Illinois' business and tourism with Brazil, and he's thinking leading a six-day trip to that South American country could help accomplish that.

Posted: 11:14 PM The Winnebago County Bar Association hosted a candidate forum, which allowed attorneys to question current States Attorney Joe Bruscato and candidate Glen Weber.

Updated: 11:13 PM Romney: Comment that Americans consider themselves victims `not elegantly stated'.

Updated: 10:48 PM About 20 workers have set up a tent city dubbed "Bainport" across from the Sensata plant.

Updated: 10:47 PM Wis. judge strikes down Gov. Walker's law ending most collective bargaining for public workers.

Posted: 10:28 PM An aide to U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says the congressman is home in Washington after treatment for depression at Mayo Clinic.

Updated: 12:39 AM The most anticipated speech on the DNC's first day was delivered by First Lady Michelle Obama.

Updated: 11:01 PM Are Americans better off than before Barack Obama was elected president? That's a question being debated on Monday by the presidential campaign

Posted: 9:24 PM Two major Illinois prisons and other facilities will stay open for at least another month after an arbitrator ruled Gov. Pat Quinn's administration violated workers' rights in rushing to close them.

Posted: 9:22 PM The government accountability board says electronic proof of residency can now be used when you are registering at the polls.

Updated: 11:52 PM Fresh from their trip to Tampa, Sensata workers are showing no signs of slowing down in the fight to save their jobs.

Posted: 11:18 PM Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan isn't nearly as much of a draw at the party's national convention as Sarah Palin was four years ago.

Updated: 11:52 PM As he accepts his party's presidential nomination, Mitt Romney is reaching out to those Americans who supported Barack Obama four years ago, but who are disappointed in him.