Last week wasn’t a banner week for the Pritzker administration’s plan to close the Logan Correctional Center, a downstate women’s prison located near Lincoln, and move it to a newly constructed facility near Joliet.
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A group of Illinois Republican State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen is working to oust Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy, multiple sources tell The Illinoize.
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Up and down the state, Republicans have been convinced their slated candidate against Rep. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) would be fine to remain on the ballot for the November election because he filed his slating paperwork with the Illinois State Board of Elections before Democrats passed a law ending slating in early May.
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The Chairman of the Lake County Republican Party is calling on his rival, Illinois GOP Vice Chair and State Central Committeeman Mark Shaw to resign.
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A four second comment on a little-noticed downstate TV station has escalated into a war of words from Governor JB Pritzker and his top staff aiming their fire at another statewide elected Democrat.
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Governor JB Pritzker signed the FY25 state budget Wednesday, spending a record $53 billion while aggressively pushing back on critics of the state’s massive increase in spending since Pritzker took office.
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In his post-session news conference last week, Governor JB Pritzker pushed back hard on reporters who pressed him on future financial challenges facing state government. Pritzker went back to his same old playbook: Republicans bad, credit rating upgrades good, Rauner sucks, balanced budgets good.
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Moderate Rep. Larry Walsh said there was a struggle between moderate and progressive Democrats over how to balance the budget and whether there should be tax increases, cuts, or a combination of both. He ended up voting for a tax increase at 4:30 a.m. last Wednesday.
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Does former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction last week hurt vulnerable suburban Republicans worse than the political headwinds they already faced, or has the unpopular former president already damaged suburban Republicans enough?
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After a judge put a new Democratic-passed law aimed at stopping political parties from slating candidates for the fall election on hold, Republicans put 16 candidates on the November ballot Monday, though most are seeking seats that are unlikely for the GOP to compete in.
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House Democratic staffers hoping to form a union have sued their boss, House Speaker Chris Welch, asking a judge to force recognition of their union.
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It seemed like it was almost over. Until it wasn’t.
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A Fiscal Year 2025 budget is now in Governor JB Pritzker’s hands.
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The House returns to Springfield Tuesday some 60 hours after adjourning Saturday night without a budget deal and some 36 hours after the Senate passed a $53 billion dollar spending plan Sunday night.
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The Illinois Senate has voted along party lines, minus two dissenters, to approve a $53 billion spending plan for the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
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Timothy Pawula, an aide to now-resigned Rep. Tim Ozinga, has been charged with harassing Sen. Mike Hastings (D-Tinley Park) with explicit digital messages during Hastings’ 2022 campaign for re-election.
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The House and Senate adjourned Wednesday night, all but assuring the self-imposed Friday deadline for passing a budget and leaving Springfield will be blown for the second year in a row.
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Multiple sources tell The Illinoize House Democrats are “deeply divided” on necessary spending, tax increases, and even spending cuts and could “derail” a budget bill with just days remaining in the scheduled spring legislative session.
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A top House Democrat played down frustrations within his caucus over Governor JB Pritzker’s proposed budget.
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After a top House Democrat said last week there was “significant enough” opposition to Governor JB Pritzker’s proposed tax increases in a new state budget, Pritzker doubled down Thursday claiming he’s not planning to make any changes to his budget plan.
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