Frankie DiCiaccio says it's time to unite because abortion and bodily autonomy are linked to other civil rights.

Dennis Tipsword won the Republican primary in the 105th House District over three other Republican candidates. Tipsword said he is happy to emerge from a field of "good conservative candidates."

There were primaries in both major parties, an indicator the 91st is one of the increasingly rare districts in Illinois that are balanced enough to avoid a predetermined partisan outcome.

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin lost the June 28 primary. In his concession speech, he called on party members to follow civil debate as a cornerstone.

The district was drawn by Illinois Democrats to lean slightly blue, but the Cook Political Report rates the race a toss-up in a political climate so far appearing favorable to Republicans this fall.

Race pits conservative challenger against Pritzker’s progressive record

Joshua Nichols said he would be disappointed if Congress couldn’t compromise to continue the federal waivers.“That's going to add definitely another level of struggle to families. Now you're going to have to come up with a new solution on how to feed your kids.”

WNIJ’s staff created a summer reading challenge for our listeners, but we wanted to get in front of some people in the community to see what they are reading. We found out, at a recent community book sale.

Religious rights advocates are celebrating Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upholds a public school coach’s right to pray with their team. But the American Civil Liberties Union is concerned the ruling could lead to more efforts to inject religion into public schools.