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Better than Dillard on ABC-7a TMs NewsViews: Berkowitz w/ Gov candidate Sen. Dillard on Obama, Ryan, Proft, McKenna,Insiders & more;cable & now streaming Jeff Berkowitz: You knew [Prrsident Obama} pretty well .

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, D-Ohio, has introduced a bill to "amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect children's health by denying any deduction for advertising and marketing directed at children to promote the consumption of food at fast food restaurants or of food of poor nutritional quality." The bill introduced on ...

With a Democratic governor, House, Senate, all state elected officers plus two Democrats in the U.S. Senate, Illinois is about as blue as a state can get.

U.S. Rep. Danny Davis says he'll endorse a candidate in the race for Cook County board president.

US President Barack Obama has ordered the federal government to buy a prison in Illinois to take a number of inmates from Guantanamo Bay.

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has hired a private corporation to help prepare government reports for Congress about US government contracts with other corporations in Afghanistan.

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.