House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) says House Speaker Michael Madigan’s role in a long-running bribery scheme by utility giant Commonwealth Edison was part of “an old fashioned patronage system” to use his office to find jobs and contracts for associates and precinct captains.
Read MoreA member of Governor JB Pritzker’s staff has tested positive for COVID-19. Pritzker will self-isolate for 14 days.
Read MoreHouse Speaker Michael Madigan has said he won’t voluntarily testify before a House Committee investigating him, but a top official with utility giant Commonwealth Edison is expected to testify today.
Read MoreThere are two, large, empty concrete bases outside of the Illinois State Capitol today after statues of two historical state figures were removed over the weekend.
Read MoreIllinois House Speaker Michael Madigan sent a letter to members of the House Special Investigative Committee today saying he won’t testify in the committee’s inquiry into his role in a Commonwealth Edison bribery scheme.
Read MoreThe Illinois Department of Public Health reports 17 Illinois counties, mostly downstate, are on the state’s warning list for infection rates of the coronavirus.
Read More2018 was one of the most destructive election cycles for Illinois Republicans in recent memory. The GOP lost the Governor’s office, lost two of the state’s seats in Congress, 8 State House seats and 3 Senate seats. One Republican described the beating as a “bloodbath.”
Read MoreLieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton may have landed herself in hot water promising a tax increase of 20% on everyone if voters don’t approve a constitutional amendment in November imposing a graduated income tax in Illinois.
Read MoreIt appears at least one official from utility giant Commonwealth Edison will appear before a Special Investigative Committee in the Illinois House next week. The committee is set for its first substantive hearing in its probe into powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan’s role in a wide-ranging federal bribery case against ComEd.
Read MoreWith four Democratic lawmakers having been indicted, three of them pleading guilty, since the legislature was sworn in last year, Senate Republicans are trying to capitalize on momentum to push ethics reform through the Statehouse.
Read MoreThe President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says more relief money from Washington is needed to stop further pain to families and businesses.
Read MoreBuddy Guy said when he came to Chicago, “I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter”. Willie Wilson found a million dollars.
Read MoreLake County Democratic Party Chair Lauren Beth Gash told The Illinoize Wednesday night that State Representative Daniel Didech (D-Buffalo Grove) has pulled himself out of the running to replace former State Senator Terry Link, who resigned earlier this month.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker said Wednesday that National Guard members were in a “state of readiness” ahead of expected demonstrations and potential unrest in Chicago following what he called “a gross miscarriage of justice” in charging a police officer who shot and killed a Kentucky woman in March.
Read MoreGroups supporting and opposing a proposed constitutional amendment to change Illinois’ income tax rate from its current flat rate to a graduated income tax seem to agree—either taxes go up for the rich, or for everybody, in 2021.
Read MoreA suburban Republican State Representative says she has reached out to her Black and gay Democratic opponent to apologize for comments in a recorded phone call which some House Democrats say included “outrageous and despicable” comments about African Americans and the LGBT community.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker and state public health officials have relaxed restrictions on bars and restaurants in Will and Kankakee counties, showing progress in battling positive cases of the coronavirus.
Read MoreFormer State Senator Terry Link (D-Vernon Hills), who resigned from the Senate Saturday after facing federal indictment and mounting political pressure from Lake County Democrats, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday.
Read MoreFormer State Senator Terry Link (D-Vernon Hills), who resigned from the Senate Saturday after facing federal indictment and mounting political pressure from Lake County Democrats, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker took a defiant tone Tuesday as he claimed he’s not ready to authorize high school sports like football to begin.
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