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Without fanfare, a public signing, or a media event, Governor JB Pritzker Friday signed a controversial act into law legalizing forms of physician-assisted suicide, labeled “Medical Aid in Dying.”
Thus far, the Democratic U.S. Senate primary to replace outgoing Sen. Dick Durbin has been a bit of a…snoozer.
The Illinois State Board of Elections Tuesday began the process of removing candidates from the March ballot.
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Without fanfare, a public signing, or a media event, Governor JB Pritzker Friday signed a controversial act into law legalizing forms of physician-assisted suicide, labeled “Medical Aid in Dying.”
The Illinois State Board of Elections Tuesday began the process of removing candidates from the March ballot.
The Illinois AFL-CIO, one of the state’s most powerful labor unions, has declined to endorse in the U.S. Senate Democratic primary.
After a pair of high profile crimes in Chicago, a new spotlight has been shined on the state’s Pretrial Fairness Act and SAFE-T Act.
After a tumultuous 18 months for the state’s largest farm organization, members of the Illinois Farm Bureau Monday ousted the group’s president and replaced him with a former Farm Bureau president.
Rep. Marty Moylan (D-Des Plaines), who already engineered a petition bait-and-switch to install his Chief of Staff, Justin Cochran, in his seat, will resign later this month.
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Thus far, the Democratic U.S. Senate primary to replace outgoing Sen. Dick Durbin has been a bit of a…snoozer.
These aren’t predictions of who will win, just races that are the most likely to flip.
Governor JB Pritzker is taking policy and political risks by wading into the biggest fight of his political life with President Trump that, if things go poorly, could lead to a militarized state on the streets of Chicago and the state budget in tatters.
Those of us in the Illinois political world were delivered a gut punch Sunday when we received word of the passing of former Gov. Jim Edgar, who died after a battle with pancreatic cancer.