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Hearing Officer Recommends Upholding Harmon's $10 Million Fine
Hearing Officer Recommends Upholding Harmon's $10 Million Fine

An Illinois State Board of Elections hearing officer has recommended Senate President Don Harmon pay all of the nearly $10 million fine he received for alleged campaign violations last year.

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What Will Get Done During Veto Session?
What Will Get Done During Veto Session?

Let’s be frank. There hasn’t been that much tangible policy discussion since lawmakers departed Springfield in the early hours of June.

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UPDATED: Judge Rules Trump Can't Dispatch Guard to Illinois, Feds Already Have Appeal Rejected
UPDATED: Judge Rules Trump Can't Dispatch Guard to Illinois, Feds Already Have Appeal Rejected

A U.S. District Court Judge in Chicago Thursday afternoon granted a request from state of Illinois and Chicago city officials to block the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois.

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Hearing Officer Recommends Upholding Harmon's $10 Million Fine
Hearing Officer Recommends Upholding Harmon's $10 Million Fine

An Illinois State Board of Elections hearing officer has recommended Senate President Don Harmon pay all of the nearly $10 million fine he received for alleged campaign violations last year.

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What Will Get Done During Veto Session?
What Will Get Done During Veto Session?

Let’s be frank. There hasn’t been that much tangible policy discussion since lawmakers departed Springfield in the early hours of June.

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UPDATED: Judge Rules Trump Can't Dispatch Guard to Illinois, Feds Already Have Appeal Rejected
UPDATED: Judge Rules Trump Can't Dispatch Guard to Illinois, Feds Already Have Appeal Rejected

A U.S. District Court Judge in Chicago Thursday afternoon granted a request from state of Illinois and Chicago city officials to block the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois.

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Few Legislative Republicans Break with Trump on Jailing Pritzker
Few Legislative Republicans Break with Trump on Jailing Pritzker

After President Trump wrote on social media this week without evidence that Governor JB Pritzker “should be in jail” for “failing to protect [ICE] officers,” few elected members of the General Assembly appear ready to break from the leader of their party.

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Few Issues Settled as Veto Session Nears
Few Issues Settled as Veto Session Nears

We spent much of Tuesday asking lawmakers and other stakeholders what they were hearing about major issues in the hopper for veto session, which begins next week.

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Hammond Gets DeVore Primary
Hammond Gets DeVore Primary

Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) got her long-awaited primary challenge Tuesday.

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Pritzker's Big Risk
Pritzker's Big Risk

Governor JB Pritzker is taking policy and political risks by wading into the biggest fight of his political life with President Trump that, if things go poorly, could lead to a militarized state on the streets of Chicago and the state budget in tatters.

We're Gonna Miss Jim Edgar
We're Gonna Miss Jim Edgar

Those of us in the Illinois political world were delivered a gut punch Sunday when we received word of the passing of former Gov. Jim Edgar, who died after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Inside the GOP Gubernatorial Mess
Inside the GOP Gubernatorial Mess

Here are some thoughts and observations on the budding mess in the GOP race for governor:

Mary Miller is a Disgrace
Mary Miller is a Disgrace

Somebody keep Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-Hindsboro) away from the app formerly known as Twitter.

Pritzker's DCFS Excuses are Inexcusable
Pritzker's DCFS Excuses are Inexcusable

If you read Beth Hundsorfer’s reporting in Capitol News Illinois last week about the failure of DCFS and its contracting agency, Lutheran Child and Family Services, in the death of 18-year-old Mackenzi Felmlee last year, you were likely incensed. I sure was.

Pritzker Reopens Redistricting Wounds
Pritzker Reopens Redistricting Wounds

Governor JB Pritzker got an off the wall question yesterday, but one he could have easily just knocked out of the park with partisan talking points.

 

 
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