With each passing day, it’s becoming more and more likely former President Donald Trump is the Republican nominee for President in November.
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House Republicans are set to make high property taxes their top issue during the spring legislative session and leading to the November election.
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With six weeks to go before the March primary, Republicans running in open seats for the General Assembly seem to have one major thing in common: they aren’t raising much money.
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If two Democratic legislators from the southside of Chicago are going to win competitive primaries next month, they won’t have the help of House Speaker Chris Welch’s powerful political organization. And some believe Welch may be actively supporting their opponents.
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Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City), a conservative “Freedom Caucus” member of the House is being challenged by a heavily-union backed candidate, Fayette County GOP Chairman and former County Board member Matt Hall.
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Federal campaign finance reports for the fourth quarter of 2023 were due by 11pm Wednesday night.
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The state announced Wednesday new copayments and coinsurance costs for undocumented/illegal immigrants in the “Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults” and “Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors” program took effect Thursday.
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Congressman Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) filed a fundraising quarter significantly outperforming his primary opponent, former state senator and 2022 GOP gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey.
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Both Rep. Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) and his union backed challenger, school superintendent and Interim Ogden Mayor Jim Acklin failed to file as write ins in all of the counties of the sprawling 102nd District.
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The Illinois State Board of Elections has followed along with the recommendation of a retired Republican judge Tuesday to allow former President Donald Trump to remain on the March primary ballot even though, the judge argues he shouldn’t.
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15 years ago Monday, January 29, 2009, Pat Quinn became Illinois’ most unlikely governor.
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Governor JB Pritzker took issue Monday with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s assertion the state should be building shelters for asylum-seeking migrants in the suburbs and not all within city limits.
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Federal prosecutors argued in court documents Monday that Tim Mapes, the longtime Chief of Staff to former House Speaker Michael Madigan should spend up to five years in prison for perjury and obstruction of justice charges.
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The House Democrat tasked with leading a group of lawmakers to find consensus for the state’s response to the ongoing migrant crisis admits there are many questions, many challenges, and not a lot of money to be found.
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A school superintendent and interim Mayor from Champaign County appears to be the choice of a group of unions, backed by the Illinois Education Association, to take on Rep. Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) in a write-in primary in March.
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When Darren Bailey’s congressional campaign released polling numbers Tuesday showing the former state senator and 2022 GOP nominee for Governor leading incumbent Congressman Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) by four points, it showed some positives, but numbers trending in the wrong direction for the challenger.
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Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are continuing their tense dance and budding war of words after reports the Johnson administration plans to stop expanding shelter space for asylum-seeking migrants being sent to the city.
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Governor JB Pritzker cited a Republican-commissioned poll Monday showing Illinoisans are more optimistic about the state economy than many national polls show, but the pollster says Pritzker isn’t painting the whole picture.
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Conservative Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) is again arguing campaign contributions to two Democratic Supreme Court justices should invalidate their votes on the state’s assault weapons ban.
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Some House Democrats are quietly wringing their hands over primary challenges to two of their members.
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