Voter turnout low across Chicago areaVoter turnout in today's primary was  slowin Chicago and the suburbs. \"It would have to be an amazingly strong evening turnout to reach themiddle to upper 30s,\" said Chicago Board of Elections spokesman JimAllen. The \"30s\" he's referring to is 30 percent of registered voters.

Burke in tight legislative race in ChicagoIncumbent state legislators fought to win the right to run again in a marathon campaign that will end in the November general election, but ballots were still being counted throughout the Chicago area Tuesday night in many contested races. One of the tightest races showed veteran Rep. Dan Burke, the brother of Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, trying desperately to hold off challenger Rudy Lozano Jr., the ...

Illinois-Chicago - Team NotesIllinois-Chicago's eight-game losing streak through Feb. 2 was the team's longest since dropping the last eight games of the 1998-99 season.