Two top leaders in the House Republican and Democratic caucuses are split on how top issues should be addressed in the final seven weeks of the spring legislative session.
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Mayors and municipal leaders from around the state are pushing back on a part of Governor JB Pritzker’s budget proposal which they say cuts the share of income tax revenue the state traditionally splits with municipalities, but the Governor’s office is defending the move.
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Three weeks post-primary, Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey’s pivot to a general election message doesn’t appear to be much different than his primary message.
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The two candidates for U.S. Senate in Illinois are divided on the Trump administration’s handling of the war in Iran.
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Governor JB Pritzker Monday pushed back on calls for property tax reform, claiming Republican critics are “quite confused” and that increases in state funding to schools in recent years should be reducing local property tax burdens.
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Chicago Bears President & CEO Kevin Warren reiterated the Bears did not put a March 31 “deadline” on the state of Illinois to pass a legislative package to keep the team in the state.
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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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