After the conclusion of a marathon second week of the fall veto session, House Speaker Chris Welch tells The Illinoize Democrats had a goal to “get some big things done while we were [in Springfield.]”
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“If they manage to revive this thing, it’ll rate up there with the story of Lazarus.”
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An energy package placing storage, and not supply, at the center of the legislation advanced out of the House Wednesday night on a mostly party-line vote with Republicans and Democrats arguing over how to reduce skyrocketing electric rates for businesses and consumers.
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House Democrats dropped a 1,000-page transit bailout bill Tuesday night that raises $1.5 billion in taxes to fund the beleaguered mass transit agencies in the northeast corner of the state.
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Since the tragic death of former senator and gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey’s son, daughter-in-law, and two of his grandchildren in a helicopter crash last week, questions about the future of Bailey’s campaign have persisted.
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After months of speculation and negotiations, House Democrats dropped a 1,000 page mass transit reform and funding bill that includes more than $1.5 billion in tax increases.
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After House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries put the screws to legislative Democrats Monday pushing for a mid-decade redistricting of the state’s congressional district, the push, for now at least, was in vain.
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As of late as last week, House Speaker Chris Welch and Senate President Don Harmon said there was “no plan” to redraw Illinois’ already gerrymandered congressional maps to squeeze out another Democrat-leaning seat.
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As energy bills spiked this summer, both Republicans and Democrats seem aligned in the belief that energy prices need to come down.
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Suburban businessman Rick Heidner has managed to launch a campaign for governor with no public announcement, no social media, no website, no platform, no media interviews, and never showing the candidate's face in public.
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Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey’s son, Zach, his daughter-in-law, Kelsey, and two of their young children, Vada Rose, 12, and Samuel, 7, were killed in a helicopter crash in Montana yesterday, according to the campaign.
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A story from D.C. newsletter Punchbowl Tuesday claiming Illinois Democrats are moving forward with mid-decade redistricting raised eyebrows among many statehouse types because, it came as a surprise that few were aware of.
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Senate President Don Harmon avoided a record fine, at least temporarily, after the Illinois State Board of Elections deadlocked along party lines to fine him nearly $10 million for what were deemed as illegal campaign contributions.
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Suburban Republican businessman Rick Heidner has formally filed campaign finance paperwork with the Illinois State Board of Elections to run for Governor.
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While Governor JB Pritzker is often considered one of the most progressive governors in the state’s history, he has found himself receiving rhetorical arrows from his left. And one of the top archers just got a promotion.
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Schaumburg), long a prolific fundraiser who always seemed to be filling his campaign coffers for a future U.S. Senate run continues to raise, and spend, big money in the Democratic primary for Senate.
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Governor JB Pritzker Thursday largely brushed off questions based on his 2024 tax return that showed he made around $1.4 million in casino winnings last year.
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An Illinois State Board of Elections hearing officer has recommended Senate President Don Harmon pay all of the nearly $10 million fine he received for alleged campaign violations last year.
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Let’s be frank. There hasn’t been that much tangible policy discussion since lawmakers departed Springfield in the early hours of June.
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A U.S. District Court Judge in Chicago Thursday afternoon granted a request from state of Illinois and Chicago city officials to block the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois.
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