The State Dining Room at the Illinois Executive Mansion

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Pat Quinn has kept true to his word and opened the Executive Mansion today for a public open house.

Speaking at a media availability before the open house, Quinn…

Obama, then a U.S. Senator, in Springfield two years ago

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - President Barack Obama will return to Springfield later this month to attend the 200th anniversary celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s birth here in 1809.

Obama will attend the Abraham Lincoln…

A house in Springfield, Ill. with ties to President Lincoln

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Springfield City Council late Tuesday voted against further city funding to finish relocating an historic home with Abraham Lincoln ties, complicating what has already become a bizarre convergence…

ST. PAUL — Let’s see, there was the presidential adviser call girl scandal at the Democratic gathering in in Chicago in ’96, the Ross Perot political exit during the Democratic convention in New York ‘92.

You had unforgettable moments like Bill Clinton’s speech  in…