Politics & Elections

In addition, Illinois’ 13th District U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Springfield. will visit the institute this fall as part of its Congressional Conversations series.

If the current political atmosphere has you wanting a distraction, commentator Pete Peterson may have just the thing.

Niemerg says the effort to change the Illinois flag is a blatant attempt to infuse far-left ideology onto the state’s flag.

New survey results reveal the number of foreign students applying to – and being accepted at – U.S. colleges and universities is on the rise, including in Indiana.

This discussion includes a look at the high points, the low points some are keeping an eye on for future budget negotiations.

Republicans gather in Milwaukee next week to nominate their choice for President ahead of the November election.

The Missouri Speaker of the House Dean Plocher has formed a committee to examine what he says are crimes committed by "illegal immigrants" in the state

Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed into law a Republican-sponsored bill to purge the state’s voter rolls and protect against fraud.

Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we talk with SIU Press author Guy Fraker about his book Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency: The Eight Judicial Circuit.

Dick Simpson discusses his books "Democracy's Rebirth: The View From Chicago" and "Chicago's Modern Mayors: From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot" with Institute Director John Shaw.