Jared Kushner continues to serve as an outside adviser to the president.
The Democratic Party chairs in Will and Kendall counties chose Jessica Dixon Heitman Monday night to complete the term of former Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, and replace him on the November ballot.
The Senate passed a bill four years ago to make daylight saving time permanent, but it stalled in the House.
The process to replace former state Rep. Harry Benton is underway after the Plainfield Democrat resigned last week following an ethics investigation that legislative leaders described as revealing "outrageous and unbecoming behavior."
An Independent candidate running to replace retiring Congressman Jesus "Chuy" Garcia is criticizing his office for what she calls active involvement in efforts to remove her from the ballot.
A $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump's allies who claim they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted proved politically toxic and was scrapped from the bill.