Every poll across the state and country, both before and after the election, showed the high cost of living, mostly caused by post-pandemic inflation, was the top issue for voters. But in Illinois, candidates from both parties failed miserably in communicating a strategy for making the state more affordable to live in.
Read MoreWe’re updating our Top Ten Legislative Districts that Could Flip as conditions on the ground (and ad dollars in the air) change the landscape with two weeks to go until Election Day.
Read MoreWhen Democrats redrew the legislative maps in 2021, good government advocates, observers, jamokes like me, and, of course, Republicans, complained the gerrymandered maps would reduce competition and provide worse representation for taxpayers in the General Assembly over the next decade.
Read MoreHere’s a rundown of some of the things we’re hearing around the state as campaign season prepares to turn to October:
Read MoreThis will not look great for Republicans, as you may imagine, but not every GOP insider is shaking in their loafers.
Read MoreArrogance seems to be Governor JB Pritzker’s default position every time he’s posed a questions about the rights of legal gun owners in the state.
Read MoreIf Governor JB Pritzker joins the ticket as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate or would leave Illinois to join a potential Harris administration in the cabinet, it would set off a series of events that would potentially lead to chaos in Illinois government and politics.
Read MoreYou have to assume Governor JB Pritzker has been sitting down in his 20,000 square foot mansion the past few days doing what we all do when we have to make a big life decision: make a pros and cons list.
Read MoreAt some point, a convicted politician in this state is going to be made an example of, right?
Read MoreThere are some pretty terrible jobs out there. There are some pretty terrible jobs in politics. But Chair of the Illinois Republican Party may be the septic tank cleaner job of Illinois politics.
Read MoreIn his post-session news conference last week, Governor JB Pritzker pushed back hard on reporters who pressed him on future financial challenges facing state government. Pritzker went back to his same old playbook: Republicans bad, credit rating upgrades good, Rauner sucks, balanced budgets good.
Read MoreSometimes, the hypocrisy just makes me laugh out loud.
Read MoreIt was in those few minutes between when the Bears got into the nitty gritty of their proposal and when Pritzker started taking questions that I realized just how hard it was going to be for the Bears to get this done.
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Read MoreFormer Rep. Tim Ozinga’s abrupt exit from the legislature last week and odd silence in the wake of his resignation was a less than graceful way to position himself for a primary less than two years away.
Read MoreIt should come as little surprise that Governor JB Pritzker has pursued a criminal justice system that reflects his progressive values. But he’s responsible for the effects.
Read MoreOne would wonder why a major union would want to wade into the soupy slough of Republican politics.
Read MoreDarren Bailey shouldn’t beat Mike Bost.
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Read MoreNavigating the pandemic, the deaths of two dozen veterans in a state run home, losing a key constitutional amendment referendum, and overcoming a flow of asylum-seeking migrants into the state have peppered Governor JB Pritzker’s first five years in office.
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