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The contest in a district that represents a broad swath of northern Illinois will say much about what sort of legal minds voters want on the bench now—neutrality or someone who will rule their way.

Federal judges are appointed and confirmed, something the nation has witnessed via televised hearings as the nation’s high court has gone through turnover in recent years. But Illinois elects most judges. 

Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering, former Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran and Illinois Appellate Judge Susan Hutchinson win appeal.

Five local leaders answered questions about their experiences pursuing political and judicial leadership paths at an event hosted by Northwestern University College Democrats Tuesday.  Panel members emphasized the importance of voter turnout at every level of government, especially among students shaping the next generation of leaders. “We are in the fight of your generation,” State...

Authorities responded to reports of antisemitic flyers littered across Highland Park and other North Shore communities Thursday morning.

"We as a City stand by our Statement Against Hate, and strongly condemn all acts of antisemitism," said Mayor Rotering. “As Elie Wiesel famously noted in his 1986 Nobel Prize acceptance speech ‘Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.’ We will not be silent. This is hate.”

Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering said, “We stand by our Statement Against Hate and strongly condemn all acts of anti-Semitism.”

The flyers, which contained antisemitic hate speech, appeared in neighborhoods the morning of Yom HaShoah — the Day of Holocaust Remembrance.

Just ahead: major developments in the battle over a new city ward map and, quite possibly, who will be selected to build and operate Chicago’s casino.

Suburban mayors are again asking Illinois lawmakers to boost the amount of state income tax revenue doled out to municipal governments, and they see this legislative session as their best opportunity in years to get back a larger piece of the funding pie.