The murder of an 18-year-old Loyola University student, allegedly shot and killed by an illegal immigrant with an active warrant for his arrest, has led to more finger pointing and partisan bomb throwing by politicians.
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Recent reports have quoted Arlington Heights Mayor Jim Tinaglia that the Chicago Bears have set a deadline of the end of March for the Illinois General Assembly to act on a property tax break bill for “megaprojects” to convince the team to build a new stadium in Arlington Heights instead of Indiana.
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Rep. Margaret Croke (D-Chicago), buoyed by the endorsement and cash of Gov. JB Pritzker, was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for State Comptroller Thursday.
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Rep. Harry Benton (D-Plainfield), who was removed from the House Democratic Caucus last month following accusations of sexual harassment, lost his bid to join the Democratic State Central Committee Tuesday.
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In one of the most stunning reversals of fortune in recent Illinois political history, Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton overcame a monthslong head start from her main opponent to capture the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate Tuesday.
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Former State Senator Darren Bailey, who lost the 2022 race for Governor to JB Pritzker by around 13 points, is back for round two.
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Four contested, expensive, sometimes controversial, and sometimes nasty Democratic primaries for open House seats in the suburbs were settled Tuesday night.
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After more than 15 years serving in the Illinois House, Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) was soundly defeated for re-election Tuesday by a Freedom Caucus-backed insurgent who prevailed in a nasty, bitter western Illinois primary.
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Here’s a rundown of some high profile open legislative races Tuesday night.
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As voters head to the polls Tuesday, at least three incumbent state lawmakers are on upset watch.
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You think you don’t know how the Democratic Senate race is going to turn out? You aren’t alone.
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Jesse Jackson, Jr. was political royalty on Chicago’s south side. The son of the late civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, Sr., elected to Congress at the age of 30 in 1995, it all came crashing down in 2012.
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Governor JB Pritzker said Thursday nearly 500 “structures” had been damaged by massive storms and an EF-3 tornado that struck Kankakee County Tuesday evening.
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State Comptroller Susana Mendoza has endorsed her preferred choice of a successor, Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim, and as the clock ticks toward the March 17 primary, Mendoza is taking a few not-so-subtle shots at Governor JB Pritzker’s influence in the race.
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Politics in the United States have changed dramatically since the middle of the first Obama administration, but Melissa Bean is back in the arena, hoping to regain her old seat in Congress.
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A war of words has broken out over former Sen. Darren Bailey’s electability and appeal from a top contender as well as a radio host and political consultant who once supported Bailey and now rakes in cash advising for a top rival.
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In their final face off on camera before next week’s general election, the three major Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate took aim more at Donald Trump’s military action in Iran and less at each other.
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Dabrowski is trying to make an electability argument to Republicans, trying to convince voters he’s the only potential GOP nominee that can beat JB Pritzker in November.
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In the crowded Democratic primary for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat, it can be difficult to parse where the candidates differ on their approach to health care policy.
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In a video being pushed heavily by Republicans around the state and country, former President Bill Clinton appears to have drawn Governor JB Pritzker into the ongoing scandal surrounding disgraced financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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