Rachel Ventura wasn’t the chosen one, but toppled the appointed incumbent for a Joliet-based senate district in June.
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Viewers of Sunday’s Chicago Bears game in the Chicago TV market saw a commercial featuring a shocking attack on a woman walking down the street in broad daylight.
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne Burke announced Monday she will retire December 1st and will be replaced by First District Appellate Justice Joy Cunningham.
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Both Governor JB Pritzker and lawmakers are reacting to shocking allegations of delays in investigating abuse and neglect at a troubled home for the developmentally disabled in southern Illinois.
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Seemingly without batting an eye, the campaign of billionaire Governor JB Pritzker has spent millions on television ads since the primary election concluded June 28.
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If political headwinds, a highly funded incumbent, and his own fundraising struggles weren’t enough, Darren Bailey’s path to becoming governor appears to have a much bigger problem: math.
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A change in providers impacting some 160,000 thousand state retirees has raised a lot of questions, and more than a little concern, among many downstate retirees.
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Fewer than two months out from a mass shooting at an Independence Day Parade in suburban Highland Park killed seven paradegoers, guns are the top issue among Illinois voters, according to a new poll from The Illinoize.
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In two races Republicans felt they had a chance to defeat Democratic opponents, hopes of the first GOP statewide win since 2014 may be slipping away.
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A new poll conducted for The Illinoize shows incumbent U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth with a wide lead on Republican challenger Kathy Salvi.
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It appears Governor JB Pritzker is well on his way to re-election. In a new poll exclusive to The Illinoize, Pritzker leads conservative Republican opponent Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) by 18 points.
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Conservative donor Richard Uihlein appears to have made amends with the Darren Bailey campaign after previously pulling his support from Bailey’s effort.
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When Governor JB Pritzker’s campaign attacked Sen. Darren Bailey for receiving federal farm subsidies it may have showed Democrats’ hand in messages they’re testing against multiple Republican opponents across the state.
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In what should have been a prime opportunity for GOP gubernatorial candidate Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) to verbally smack around incumbent Governor JB Pritzker, instead, Bailey lost the message…again.
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It’s the traditional kickoff to the fall campaign in Illinois, but with a primary pushed back to June and lightning rod candidates at the top of each ticket, the Illinois State Fair seems almost as another stop in a non-stop campaign tour.
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There are few more controversial topics in state government than the January 1 rollout of a new criminal justice law that ends the long-standing cash bail system in Illinois.
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New numbers from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) show casino revenue is “skyrocketing,” but still not quite pre-pandemic levels.
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A new poll released by a group promoting term limits shows both President Joe Biden and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Schaumburg) struggling in a suburban district drawn to elect a Democrat.
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A downstate radio host who has been hired to run an “election integrity” program for GOP gubernatorial nominee Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia), attended Donald Trump’s speech and marched to the Capitol prior to the rioting at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon), once a golden boy of Republican politics turned black sheep of his party, says he is “done” with seeking elected office for the time being.
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