Governor JB Pritzker is set to give his eighth combined State of the State and budget address Wednesday to a joint session of the General Assembly. Here’s what he should say.
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We’ve spent a lot of time over the past few days talking with insiders and operatives and elected officials about conditions on the ground for the state’s major congressional primaries.
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Democrats who control the legislature are laser focused on their message this spring. They say (correctly) that cost of living, or affordability, is the cornerstone issue of the legislative session.
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I think Governor Pritzker is playing the conundrum surrounding a Chicago Bears stadium project mostly the right way.
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What bothers me the most about the solution to bailing out Chicago area mass transit is how shameless Democrats are in swiping money from road money dedicated for downstate roads and bridges.
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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.
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“The worst of our politics.”
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We like to periodically open it up to your questions.
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These aren’t predictions of who will win, just races that are the most likely to flip.
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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.
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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.
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Here are some thoughts and observations on the budding mess in the GOP race for governor:
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Somebody keep Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-Hindsboro) away from the app formerly known as Twitter.
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If you read Beth Hundsorfer’s reporting in Capitol News Illinois last week about the failure of DCFS and its contracting agency, Lutheran Child and Family Services, in the death of 18-year-old Mackenzi Felmlee last year, you were likely incensed. I sure was.
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Governor JB Pritzker got an off the wall question yesterday, but one he could have easily just knocked out of the park with partisan talking points.
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We like to periodically open it up to your questions.
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As Governor JB Pritzker embarks on a campaign for a third term Thursday, he’s widely considered an odds-on favorite to become the first Governor to win a third full term since Jim Thompson nearly 40 years ago.
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If you’re an optimist at heart, you may have gone into Thursday’s House Oversight & Reform Committee hoping for a real discussion about our immigration system and looking for ways to repair it.
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We like to periodically open it up to your questions.
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As Republicans in Illinois, we too often fall victim to a self-fulfilling prophecy of defeat. We get caught in a cycle of pessimism, quoting old losses instead of building new victories.
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