Barack Obama

Jill Wine-Banks' interview with NPR Illinois

Barack Obama launched his campaign for president in 2007 at the Old State Capitol in downtown Springfield.

An Illinois study of racial profiling in police stops is set to expire in July. State lawmakers are considering whether to keep collecting data.The 2004…

Illinois’ top political candidates spent the weekend making a final push ahead of Tuesday’s election.Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner traveled the length of…

Barack Obama is to report next month in Cook County, Ill. If selected, he wouldn't be the first high-profile juror — Oprah Winfrey served in a murder trial in 2004.

Immigrant rights groups and students gathered at the White House to protest the possible repeal of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

The Land of Lincoln is the country's largest de facto nuclear waste dump.Under a federal measure passed 30 years ago, the spent fuel from America’s…

Passing a budget wasn’t the only thing Illinois lawmakers did last week. They also named a major road after former president Barack Obama. Anyone who’s…

Even as a landmark clean energy plan unravels in D.C., Illinois is on track to meet the coal emissions reduction goals it set.For Dulce Ortiz, the Clean…

Barack Obama was a freshman U.S. Senator February 10, 2007 when he stepped outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield to announce he would seek the…