A “viral” tweet over the weekend with about half-a-million views of an attached video is drawing bipartisan condemnation from election officials across Illinois.
State Senator Terry Link (D-Vernon Hills), facing federal tax evasion charges, has formally submitted his resignation to the Senate.
The COVID-19 positivity rate for the Metro East has not made any significant improvements since stricter mitigations were put on the region last month, while the south suburbs has seen a marked drop in its positivity rate after living under those same mitigations.
It should not be a surprise politics has permeated the coronavirus pandemic. Ideally, in the eyes of public health experts, Americans would focus on facts and the best medical advice they can find to stay healthy. Some politicians, though, seem to be taking heed to former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s infamous line, “never allow a good crisis go to waste.”
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The three Republican members of the House Special Investigative Committee looking into House Speaker Michael Madigan and his role in a Commonwealth Edison bribery scandal have submitted a list of targets for testimony, though it’s not clear if some or any will ever appear before the committee.
The top Democrat and top Republican on the special committee investigating House Speaker Michael Madigan’s role in the Commonwealth Edison criminal probe say they agree U.S. Attorney John Lausch needs to be consulted before there is further testimony. That’s about where the agreement between the two parties stopped.
On the eve of the kickoff of a Special Investigative Committee in the Illinois House of Representatives looking into allegations against Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), Governor JB Pritzker says Madigan should “speak up” but came short of calling on the embattled Speaker to testify before the committee.
Governor Pritzker renewed a call on Congress to pass a bailout for state and local governments as part of a new round of COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus.
We reported in this morning’s The Illinoize Newsletter that Illinois’ richest person, billionaire investment guru Ken Griffin, has contributed $20 million to one of the groups opposing Governor Pritzker’s graduated income tax constitutional amendment.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Illinois voters have already requested more than one million ballots by mail with at least tens of thousands more likely before the first ballots are mailed to voters September 24. Add DC politics over postal service funding, staffing, and questions about the security have left postal service officials attempting to make it clear that all mailed ballots will arrive to an election authority on time.
You know the drill. Presidential election year. National media focus. Get out the vote. Huge rallies, even more money, all trying to get across the finish line first on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November. Then 2020 happened.
House Republicans have forced a “Special Investigative Committee” against powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago.) Just 60 days before the November election, Democrats claim Republicans are trying to score political points while Republicans seem to fully expects Democrats to provide cover for the embattled Madigan.
A new set of restrictions on bars and restaurants in the Metro East region just outside of St. Louis kicked in Wednesday morning following a string of days with a COVID-19 positivity rate trending toward 10%.
A joint legislative committee was seemingly split on how to best implement police reform following months of unrest after the high-profile killings of Black men by police officers around the country.
As the summer has worn on, we’re seeing the raw number of new cases on the rise in Illinois.
Back and forth. Sports fans might feel like they are watching a heavyweight boxing match following the rollout of sports betting in Illinois.
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Former Governor George Ryan, who spent nearly six years in federal prison after a conviction on federal racketeering, bribery, extortion, money laundering and tax fraud charges, is out with a new book September 18.