Multiple sources tell The Illinoize Auditor General Frank Mautino will leave the office by the end of the year.

The Illinois Supreme Court rejected the House GOP “Hail Mary” attempt to overturn the Democratic-drawn gerrymandered legislative maps Wednesday. Not on the basis of the facts, though, but because they waited too long to file it.

Longtime Rep. Sue Scherer (D-Decatur) is home recovering after a serious car accident last week that left her with broken vertebrae in her back.

With less than two months to go before the scheduled adjournment of the spring legislative session, Governor JB Pritzker opened up Tuesday on challenges in putting together a state budget.

Friday is the looming Third Reading Deadline to advance House bills to the Senate and Monday marked the first time since the new General Assembly was took office in January that the chamber passed a bill…any bill.

This time three years ago, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin had $50 million in backing, the Illinois GOP’s most successful (if not controversial) campaign team, and was likely the favorite to with the Republican nomination for Governor in 2022.

When Governor JB Pritzker’s office announced a trade delegation to Mexico, which began Sunday, there was a massive list of state officials, association executives, and business leaders as part of the delegation.

Some of the largest cities in the state hold mayoral elections Tuesday, but the money and attention paid to Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s campaign for re-election dwarfs other communities.

With well over 500 days remaining before the November 2026 General Election, many top Republicans around the state are already voicing concern, at least privately, about chances the party will continue to be embarrassed at the polls after a string of bad electoral years in the state.

Changing the way we fund infrastructure, roads, and bridges in this state is a long running discussion, but it appears a mileage tax may be getting more momentum than in previous years.