Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Addison) became the first member of House Speaker Michael Madigan’s leadership team to defect from the Speaker Tuesday when she announced she would not support Madigan for another term leading the chamber.
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As cases of the coronavirus spiked around the state, it wasn’t much of a surprise a couple of cases infected residents and staff of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home, the state-run facility about an hour north of Bloomington.
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Governor JB Pritzker has announced he’s planning to borrow an additional $2 billion from the federal government in an attempt to help close a portion of the state’s multi-billion budget deficit.
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In his Thursday COVID-19 briefing Thursday, Governor JB Pritzker was asked if he believes embattled House Speaker Michael Madigan should resign.
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Health care leaders, public health officials, and government leaders like Governor JB Pritzker have all been encouraging the public to cancel large Thanksgiving dinners and travel for weeks. But it appears the public may be ignoring those requests, leaving officials pleading Monday for stop helping a potential spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Every family has a Thanksgiving tradition. Some have a “Turkey Bowl” football game in the cold while others may be crazy enough to participate in a Thanksgiving morning “Turkey Trot.” (Who are those people?)
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Health care leaders, public health officials, and government leaders like Governor JB Pritzker have all been encouraging the public to cancel large Thanksgiving dinners and travel for weeks. But it appears the public may be ignoring those requests, leaving officials pleading Monday for stop helping a potential spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Embattled House Speaker Michael Madigan issued a statement Friday evening indicating he’s not stepping aside as Speaker even though he’s implicated in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme:
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U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth is getting more attention than a prom queen during the dance. This summer, she was rumored to be on the shortlist of vice-presidential running mates for President-Elect Joe Biden. Now that he’s headed to the White House, Duckworth’s name is coming up again, this time for potential cabinet appointments.
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Here’s a shocker for you: the guy who has exuded his power for decades doesn’t have a successor in mind.
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In his Thursday COVID-19 briefing Thursday, Governor JB Pritzker was asked if he believes embattled House Speaker Michael Madigan should resign.
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House Speaker Michael J. Madigan released a statement Thursday while more House Democrats said they won’t support him for another term.
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Former Commonwealth Edison executives, including the former Chief Executive Officer, conspired with outside consultants to corruptly influence and reward a high-level elected official for the State of Illinois to assist with the passage of legislation favorable to the electric utility company, according to an indictment returned today in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
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On the final day to county late-arriving mail-in ballots and approved provisional ballots, one State Representative saw his small lead disappear while another attempting to come back from an Election Night deficit fell short.
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View our legislative tracking sheet for the latest count as mail-in ballots continue to be counted.
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Governor JB Pritzker sparked controversy Monday when he declined to say if he would follow his own advice and stay in Illinois during the Thanksgiving holiday. At his Tuesday news conference, Pritzker clarified his lack of clarity from the day before and said he was planning to stay in Chicago for Thanksgiving, but that his family would not be together.
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Governor JB Pritzker has announced the entire state will move into a new tier of restrictions Friday due to the spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the state. The restrictions fall short of moving the state back into a stay-at-home order, which was in place from March to June.
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Two weeks after Election Day, county clerks and election authorities from around the state will count remaining ballots and there are as many as three races for the state legislature that could still flip as final votes come in.
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The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget put out its annual five-year forecast Friday and the report implied a potential financial disaster for the state unless lawmakers take drastic action.
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Governor JB Pritzker is spending a lot of time encouraging Illinoisans to stay home and to avoid traveling to and through places with high positivity rates.
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