What might be a throwaway line in front of a heavily Republican audience, Sen. Darren Bailey, a GOP candidate for Governor, may have fed suspicions about his chances to win a general election.
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A new mailer from the campaign of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin takes political attacks to a nearly comical level.
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After he was found in contempt of court for the ninth time last week, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) Monday called for the resignation of Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Director Marc Smith.
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The White House has chosen Sen. Rachelle Crowe (D-Glen Carbon) to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
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Two longtime Democratic Senators have withdrawn from the June primary ballot to pass on their seats to preferred successors.
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Winnebago County GOP Chairman Eli Nicolosi, who is challenging longtime incumbent Sen. Dave Syverson in the June 28 primary, says he will not step aside after his estranged wife was granted an order of protection against him.
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For years, it’s been a constant refrain in political fundraising in Illinois. Democrats raise trucks of money. Now Speaker Chris Welch and Senate President Don Harmon are continuing on the tradition, as Welch has more than $4 million cash on hand and Harmon is sitting on more than $12 million. Meanwhile, Republicans lag far behind.
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Former President Donald Trump will host an April 27 fundraiser for controversial right wing Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-Oakland) at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, FL.
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Depending on who you talk to and what poll they’re citing, it appears 37-year-old venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan could benefit most from infighting at the top of the GOP primary for Governor.
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Illinois Republican Chairman Don Tracy has asked all of the party’s gubernatorial candidates in the June 28 primary to sign a pledge to support the eventual nominee in the November election.
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A ban on “ghost guns,” homemade or home-built firearms without a serial number hasn’t even gotten to Governor JB Pritzker’s desk after the legislature passed it Friday night. But the likely law is soon to be challenged in court.
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Just hours after the legislature adjourned for the spring early Saturday morning, a top Democrat and a top Republican in Springfield shared vastly different views on where Illinois is headed.
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In the wee hours of Saturday morning, Democrats pushed through a Fiscal Year 2023 budget that spends more money than ever while sending direct tax refund checks to taxpayers and socking away a billion dollars into the state’s arid rainy day fund.
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More than 90% of Illinois families will receive direct cash payments, grocery and gasoline taxes will be cut, and local governments will receive more funding in a budget deal announced by Governor JB Pritzker and the two legislative leaders Thursday afternoon.
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Republican Tom McCullagh was one of two Republicans hoping to replace Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) in the Will County-based 97th District. House Republicans distributed a police report by Shorewood Police that McCullagh was interviewed and was (or is) being investigated for “grooming” an underage person.
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It’s not a particular secret in Springfield that House Speaker Chris Welch and Senate President Don Harmon don’t like each other very much. And as last year’s tense negotiations over an energy bill showed, Harmon and Governor Pritzker are not buddy-buddy.
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Late Tuesday night, House Democrats introduced a 3,200 page state budget.
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A group of mostly moderate Democratic lawmakers Monday unveiled a package of bills they hope will counteract public backlash to rising crime and a criminal justice reform bill passed last year dubbed by opponents as “anti-police.”
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Senate Democrats Friday unveiled a $1.8 billion tax break package with a week to go in session that would send election year refund checks to most Illinoisans.
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With a week left in the legislative session, it appears there is still a long way for business and labor to go before they reach an agreement on a fix to the hole in the state’s unemployment fund.
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