elections

This is the worst kind of surprise if you're a believer in democracy and enthusiastically want to let your voice be heard in an election.

It's a concerning trend that seems to be ramping up as the nation gets closer to another election. The FBI is investigating why Illinois and several other states are receiving strange packages of unknown origin.

If you love the patriotic feeling of leaving work to go vote on election day, the option to do that may be slowly disappearing in the Land of Lincoln. Lawmakers are trying to make voting by mail the default option in Illinois, here are the details...

16th District Congressman Adam Kinzinger has been making some news lately by openly disagreeing with President Trump on several issues, including the election, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and downsizing America's troop levels in Afghanistan.

Congressman Adam Kinzinger joined the WROK Morning Show on Thursday morning to discuss last week's elections, the new makeup of the House, and what's ahead for the 16th District.

With the election less than a week away, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner called in to the WROK Morning Show Wednesday morning to discuss several key issues.

With Donald Trump winning the presidency last night, and the Republicans holding both the House and the Senate, we asked 14th District Congressman Randy Hultgren, also victorious last night, to give us his thoughts on what to watch for in Washington.

Maybe you're not all that into politics. Maybe you find it boring, tedious, or just downright nasty. Or, maybe you're not as clued-in on some of the issues, the personalities, or the terminology as you'd like to be.

Here in Illinois, we've been battered and bruised by negative political ads for the last month or so, and many of us are tired of them. Today is primary election day, so after today we should get a little respite before the ads start up again leading to the November elections.

Yesterday in this space, I shared some video of John F. Kennedy's 1960 visit to Rockford, and his speech at the Coronado (click here if you missed it). Today, we look at another Rockford visit from an earlier president, Harry S. Truman.