A federal judge this week pushed former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial from April to October while the U.S. Supreme Court reviews a case that could impact some of the bribery charges against the former powerful fixture in Illinois politics.
Read MoreWith the days waning before we turn the calendar to 2024, we decided to make ten bold predictions about what will happen in Illinois politics next year:
Read MoreTuesday’s action by Governor JB Pritzker to stop construction of a tent city for asylum seekers and Mayor Brandon Johnson’s subsequent finger pointing shows Democrats are woefully unprepared for handling the influx of migrants into Chicago and the rest of the state.
Read MoreIt appears there are as many as 27 competitive House races shaping up for next November. As petition filing draws to a close, we decided to go through them and give you an idea who is in the best position to win.
Read MoreFormer Sen. Sam McCann was always a bit of a wild card.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker announced his plan Thursday to move $160 million from the Department of Human Services budget to address the migrant crisis in Chicago, but the announcement comes with few details on where the money is coming from and exactly how it is being spent.
Read MoreAny hope the 12th Congressional District primary between Congressman Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) and former State Senator Darren Bailey would turn thoughtful and policy focused was dashed Monday.
Read MoreWhat’s being forgotten in the Invest in Kids scholarship program debate? It’s helping kids.
Read MoreHousing migrants and helping them resettle is a costly, controversial conundrum.
Read MoreA Chicago Tribune story Monday highlighted concerns from advocates and Governor JB Pritzker’s office over the gubernatorial-appointed and Senate-confirmed Prisoner Review Board for denying too many parole applications made by longtime, mostly violent offenders.
Read MoreIf we didn’t know it already, Republicans have big problems in the suburbs. Without a serious change in direction, they’re bound to keep losing up and down the ticket.
Read MoreCrystal Lake Police officer Kimberley Shipbaugh was on the stand in McHenry County Court Monday when she broke into tears.
Read MoreWhen word leaked this week that Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf was prepared to move his team from Chicago’s south side at the end of their current lease in 2029, it became the second professional sports franchise in Chicago trying to shake down taxpayers for a new, or majorly renovated, stadium.
Read MoreFor more than a decade, Republican operatives and their candidates have doubled down on one message: all Madigan, all the time.
Read MoreLife is good for JB Pritzker, politically, at least.
Read MoreWhen Democrats in the General Assembly passed the first version of the so-called “SAFE-T Act” or “Pretrial Fairness Act” in the minutes before the legislature adjourned sine die in 2021, it was a document riddled with contradictions, flaws, and serious concerns about how to keep bad people off the street.
Read MoreThe strategy of each of the GOP campaigns in the 12th Congressional District may be to curry favor of just one person: former President Donald Trump.
Read MoreThe entry of Darren Bailey into the southern Illinois-based 12th Congressional District is a textbook example of how modern politics has become overwhelmed by personality-driven ego trips and seemingly no longer has anything to do with policy.
Read MoreIt wasn’t hard to be skeptical when lawmakers passed a temporary repeal of the state’s grocery tax and froze one of the state’s taxes on gasoline was more for their political benefit and less to help struggling taxpayers.
Read MoreThere’s nothing I take more seriously than the rights protected under the First Amendment. Without the first, the others after it don’t matter.
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