The Illinois Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday ending the state’s decades-long ban on the construction of new nuclear power in the state, but only for so called “small modular reactors.”
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A top House Democratic source says House Speaker Chris Welch is holding to an internal rule that would require 71 Democratic votes to extend the controversial Invest in Kids scholarship program, and it appears Democrats are nowhere near having that level of support for the plan.
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When the Senate unveiled a new Chicago Public School Board map last week, it went along with language that could have provided half of the board to be elected in 2024 and half of the board to be appointed by the Mayor.
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Democrats took plenty of victory laps Tuesday after Fitch raised Illinois’ general obligation bond credit rating to “A.”
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It appears the logjam blocking passage of a bill ending Illinois’ long term ban on nuclear construction is close to being settled.
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The obituary for the Invest in Kids private school scholarship program probably hasn’t been fully written, but is certainly a few paragraphs in as lawmakers return to Springfield for the final days of legislative session before the program expires at the end of the year.
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When Dave Wasserman, the longtime Congressional campaign reporter and editor with the Cook Political Report issued his latest ratings for competitive House races, suburban Chicago districts were nowhere to be found.
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Sen. Natalie Toro (D-Chicago), who was appointed this summer and faces a heavily contested primary in the northwest side district next year has already gotten a big boost from the Senate Democratic campaign arm.
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The annual Illinois school report card shows Illinois students are still performing below pre-pandemic levels.
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Democrats may have found the candidate they believe can flip one of the most vulnerable Republican-held seats in 2024.
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Governor JB Pritzker Tuesday proposed creating a new state agency charged with overseeing early childhood education, but didn’t identify any fixes to the troubled Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).
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Thomas DeVore, the southern Illinois attorney who made a name for himself with lawsuits challenging Governor JB Pritzker’s COVID-19 mandates and was the 2022 GOP nominee for Attorney General, was admonished and sanctioned by a federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday for his actions with a former client, girlfriend, and business partner.
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Rep. Kelly Burke’s announcement Friday she wouldn’t seek re-election next year seemed to come out of nowhere, but it was actually the culmination of a year-long journey that led her to re-evaluate the priorities in her life.
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Lawmakers returned to Springfield Tuesday for the first of a two-week veto session, and many Democratic lawmakers we spoke to Monday said they believe the majority of heavy issues will likely have to wait until the second week of veto session in early November.
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If you ask Republican insiders, they’ll tell you the Senate map in 2024 makes Sen. Patrick Joyce (D-Essex) the most vulnerable Democrat up for re-election next year.
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Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood (R-Peoria) is frank about the Republican Party’s Speaker of the House predicament.
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Lawmakers return to Springfield Tuesday for the first week of the fall veto session and there are few answers to many pending questions.
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After two consecutive fundraising quarters that left some Democrats wondering if Sen. Richard Durbin would seek his sixth term in the Senate in 2026, Durbin appeared to reignite his fundraising in the third quarter of 2023.
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Could Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Schaumburg) be waiting in the wings if Senator Dick Durbin chooses not to seek re-election in 2026?
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The campaign of Congressman Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) leaked their third quarter fundraising numbers Friday while the campaign of his opponent, former Sen. Darren Bailey, had refused to give any specifics on their fundraising.
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