After stepping aside as House Republican Leader at the end of the current General Assembly, GOP Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) will resign from the legislature before the new General Assembly is sworn in Wednesday.
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Champaign and Vermilion County Democrats selected City of Champaign Township Assessor Paul Faraci, a former Champaign City Council member, to replace the late-Sen. Scott Bennett for a two year term beginning Wednesday.
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While Democrats in Champaign-Urbana replaced a Bennett in the Senate Saturday, Republicans sent another Bennett to the Senate.
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As the clocked ticked toward 1:00 A.M. Friday, the Illinois House passed a wide-ranging bill banning the sale of most semi-automatic rifles and limiting the capacity of handgun magazines over strong Republican objections and without a Senate commitment of passage.
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The battle to replace the late-Sen. Scott Bennett is only getting more divisive, angry, and racially charged as local party leaders plan a vote by the weekend to fill the two-year appointment.
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When a new congress is seated, inauguration day is supposed to be a joy-filled occasion. Usually, there are more photos than meaningful votes and lots of family on hand for more festivities than business. Not so much this year.
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A Kankakee County judge has ruled the Pretrial Fairness Act portion of the SAFE-T Act unconstitutional.
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Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) announced Wednesday she is seeking the late Sen. Scott Bennett’s seat in the Senate. But she’s not alone.
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Sen. Scott Bennett’s widow, Stacy, will finish the final three weeks of his current term in the Senate.
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Just 11 days before a new law eliminating cash bail in the state is scheduled to kick in a Kankakee County judge Tuesday heard two hours of arguments on the constitutionality of the so-called SAFE-T Act.
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As we look back on the high stakes political year in Illinois, The Illinoize asked a bipartisan group of politicians, consultants, and journalists who the most important person in Illinois politics was in 2022.
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Tributes to Senator Scott Bennett Monday brought tears, laughs, and memories of the Champaign lawmaker who passed away December 9.
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Brad Fritts is a farm kid from Dixon. But he’s also the first person ever born in the 2000’s to be elected to the General Assembly.
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House Democrats appeared resolute and confident Monday they would pass an assault weapon ban when the legislature returns to Springfield next month.
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If there is a word to describe the way close friends of Sen. Scott Bennett were feeling following his unexpected passing Friday, “shock” would be the first word out of their mouths.
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A bipartisan list of tributes is coming in following the death of Senator Scott Bennett of Champaign.
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Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup confirmed Sen. Scott Bennett was pronounced dead around 1:15 this afternoon at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
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There has been plenty of punditry across Illinois waxing poetic about why Illinois Republicans were drubbed at the polls last month.
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Sen. Scott Bennett (D-Champaign) was taken to an Urbana hospital early Thursday morning after suffering what is believed to be a stroke.
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By the time the new General Assembly is sworn in next month, Republicans will lose a long list of top members, institutional knowledge, charisma, brains, and political acumen.
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