Eric Henderson is Managing Editor, Midwest for CBSNews.com. He has won three Emmy Awards, an Eric Sevareid Award and two Edward R. Murrow Awards.

Here's a recap of what happened. The three advisory questions on Illinois ballots passed Tuesday night. Voters voted yes on questions about election interference, property tax relief and ...

This is Illinois, which is a place of sharp elbows and rough-and-tumble politics. I can’t tell you that doesn’t seep into the ...

Illinois voters who have yet to cast their ballots have a week to decide how they plan to advise the state legislature on three referendums about election interference, a tax increase and IVF.

Illinois Democrat U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky says she won’t seek reelection next year after 14 terms in the House.

Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) announced she will not be running for Sen. Dick Durbin‘s (D-IL) seat after a poll showed her trailing one of her would-be opponents. After publishing a ...

In Illinois, you can vote early and on Election Day-- and you can register to vote then, too. But how can you check and see if you're already registered to vote? In 2017, Illinois passed ...

In the wake of the elevation of Pope Leo XIV, advocates for people abused by Catholic priests spoke out Tuesday.

Election records earlier reported by CBS News reveals how often the new pope has voted in the past. The records, from the ...

Rep. Robin Kelly on Tuesday joined the Democratic primary field for the open Senate seat in Illinois.

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...