Governor JB Pritzker continually tap danced around the need to amend the cash bail provisions in the so-called SAFE-T Act during the fall campaign, and many thought he would be more clear on his position once the campaign ended and he secured a second term.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker never hid his progressive bona fides during his first campaign in 2018.
Read MoreThere’s so much happening around the state on Election Day, but here are ten things I’m watching as the results start rolling in tonight.
Read MoreAs we’ve been keeping tabs on legislative races across the state in just four days, we highlight five incumbent lawmakers most likely to lose their seats.
Read MoreHere are five Senate races to watch over the last two and a half weeks.
Read MoreDid Thursday’s first gubernatorial debate change the race between JB Pritzker and Darren Bailey?
Read MoreRadio host Dan Proft’s response to the rightly critical news that the Daily Herald’s parent company was printing Proft’s obviously political tabloids pretending to be news sources has been akin to a four-year-old who had his Tonka truck taken away.
Read MoreThe last thing Darren Bailey’s lagging campaign needs is more conversation about social issues.
Read MoreWe answer reader questions.
Read MoreIs ultraconservative southern Illinois farmer Darren Bailey dragging down the Republican ticket?
Read MoreIt’s becoming clearer and clearer that the one thing most likely to keep Darren Bailey from being elected Governor in November is Darren Bailey.
Read MoreIf you think Darren Bailey is an anti-Semite for the way he stumbled through a Facebook video 5 years ago, you’re really letting your partisanship show.
Read MoreFeeling "some kinda way" about the selection and ultimate election of Rep. Lisa Hernandez (D-Cicero) as the new chairperson for the Democratic Party of Illinois.
Read MoreThe epic collapse of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s campaign for Governor, which was buoyed by $50 million from billionaire Ken Griffin, goes down as one of the more disastrous campaigns in Illinois politics in recent memory.
Read MoreI live exactly 15 miles from the spot where a gunman started shooting over an Independence Day parade in Highland Park yesterday morning.
Read MoreIf Illinois Republicans ever want to be competitive in statewide elections, they need to understand what it takes to win.
Read MoreRichard Irvin’s campaign may not have actually turned the lights out at their Aurora or downtown Chicago campaign offices, but it sure looks like folks are headed for the doors.
Read MoreA look at five legislative races with no incumbent.
Read MoreI had maybe ten texts after the debate from people wanting to know who I thought “won” the debate.
Read MoreI’m a little bit of a skeptic about the value of debates.
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