Madigan Allies Push Back

While jurors continue to deliberate his fate, a group of longtime allies and supporters of House Speaker Michael Madigan have reached out in recent days to question and criticize the federal government’s prosecution of the longtime Speaker and once powerful political figure.

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House GOP Throws Hail Mary on Maps

Calling Democratic gerrymandered legislative maps in effect since 2021 “unethical and, frankly, illegal,” House Republicans announced a lawsuit Tuesday asking the Illinois Supreme Court to throw out the existing map and require a new map to be drawn.

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The Path Forward on Tier 2

A report released earlier this month from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) analyzing the cost of a union-backed Tier 2 pension “fix” provided an eye-popping cost and a directive for supporters to head back to the drawing board.

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