Judy Biggert

ST. PAUL—When John McCain locked up the Republican nomination months ago, conservatives took a look at his deviation from Republican orthodoxy and began to wring their hands. Since then, though, McCain has moved to the right on several key issues...

Canadian National Railway's bid to buy the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway gained momentum this week as a key congressman joined a coalition of suburban leaders throwing their support behind the controversial deal. U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) and the...

A federal report on Friday raised the specter of frustrated motorists facing lengthy delays at 15 rail crossings in a dozen communities, but concluded that passenger service would not be impaired if a railroad that winds through Chicago's suburbs is sold....

If the Canadian National Railway is allowed to buy a suburban rail line, money wouldn't be available to build overpasses at railroad crossings likely to be blocked by increased freight traffic, state and federal officials said Tuesday. And even if...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster continued to raise campaign cash at a fast clip after winning election in March, campaign reports filed Tuesday show. Succeeding former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert in the 14th Congressional District, Foster...

As the afternoon stretched close to rush hour on Monday, cars began stacking up on Illinois Highway 126, the main road into Plainfield from Interstate Highway 55. The traffic jam at quitting time offered a snapshot of what driving in Plainfield would...

Fermilab, which spent the last six months bracing for layoffs and forcing employees to take unpaid furloughs, was granted a reprieve from further staff reductions Monday when President George W. Bush signed a bill granting emergency science funding to the...

On Tuesday, June 24, 2008 my five-year-old daughter, Katie, and I walked all over Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to meet with Illinois legislators to ask them for continued funding for pediatric cancer research. Katie accompanied me as she is a...

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is one step from avoiding further layoffs after the U.S. Senate late Thursday approved a supplemental budget that includes additional science funding, officials indicated Friday. In a 92-6 vote, the Senate passed...

Kirk, Weller seats look hottest by campaign-finance measures, reports released Tuesday suggest...

WASHINGTON - Anyone who can trace breast cancer in the family, or sickle cell anemia, Lou Gehrig's or some other affliction, will be understandably concerned about a genetic test showing a predisposition for debilitating diseases. But what they shouldn'...

by Jim Tankersley They said the first was an outlier. The second, a fluke. But after losing their third seat this year in a special election, House Republicans faced the possibility on Wednesday that if they don't repair their image......