Assessor Fritz Kaegi and challenger Pat Hynes are fighting for control of the office that sets valuations of more than 1.8 million parcels across the county.
The Illinois governor has given at least $5 million to a group backing his lieutenant governor. That has upset the Congressional Black Caucus.
Republicans’ approval rating was at a dismal 36 percent, while Democrats’ approval is in the gutter at 29 percent.  Republicans’ chances of holding the Senate in November are slightly more favorable, ...