With Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss likely headed to Congress, special election may be needed to fill 3 years left on mayoral term.

State Rep. Margaret Croke of Chicago, backed by Gov. JB Pritzker, had a lead since Tuesday but no winner had been declared in the race, with state Sen. Karina Villa refusing to concede.

Political action committees with unlimited raising and spending power and aligned organizations poured nearly $33 million into a handful of closely watched Chicago-area races but despite the scale of that spending, victories were far from guaranteed.

Garien Gatewood, Johnson’s deputy mayor for community safety, had served in the administration since the mayor took office.

A Republican candidate who filed for U.S. Representative in Indiana’s First District with the Nazi salute in his ballot name was removed from the ballot late last month when he didn’t show up to a hearing challenging his candidacy.

The repeal eliminates all greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks and could unleash a broader undoing of climate regulations on stationary sources such as power plants and oil and gas facilities.

The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, a first step toward shedding management of all student loans as Trump administration officials dismantle the federal education agency.

A group of attorneys general are taking legal action to block Nexstar Media Group’s proposed $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna’s TV stations, calling the deal bad for consumer cable bills and local journalism.