With under three weeks to go before the March 17 primary, Democratic voters are starting to pay attention to a four-way primary for Illinois State Comptroller, pitting three state lawmakers and a countywide official from the state’s third largest county in a race that is beginning to turn unkind.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker Tuesday took aim at Indiana lawmakers over tax increases in a bill aimed at luring the Chicago Bears across state lines into the Hoosier State.
Read MoreRepublican primary voters will choose from two candidates in their attempt to preserve the 33rd Senate District seat. Former teacher and travel agent Jessica Breugelmans of Geneva, who is supported by the Senate GOP campaign apparatus, faces nurse Danielle Penman of St. Charles.
Read MoreIf Indiana lawmakers pass a bill to create a new governing body to build a Chicago Bears stadium in northwest Indiana before their scheduled adjournment Friday, they will open taxpayers up to million in tax increases, a new state analysis shows.
Read MoreMultiple sources say Pritzker was “furious” at the Chicago Bears, and specifically Team President Kevin Warren, for helping advance a stadium bill in Indiana Thursday.
Read MoreChris Meister, the longtime Executive Director of the Illinois Finance Authority, has been recommended by the bicameral, bipartisan Legislative Audit Commission as the new Illinois Auditor General.
Read MoreRep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) entered the House in 2010 following the death of former Rep. Rich Myers. She faced a primary challenge in 2018, but has mostly slid through to re-election without significant challengers. Until 2026.
Read MoreA Republican candidate for Governor is suing a Democratic downstate County Clerk after the candidate’s name was misspelled on printed ballots.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker proposed a Fiscal Year 2027 budget in Springfield Wednesday, and Republicans spent much of Tuesday criticizing supermajority Democrats.
Read MoreSen. Neil Anderson (R-Andalusia) has resigned from Senate Republican leadership following a dust-up in the caucus over a bill that criminalizes abortion.
Read MoreAn effort to revive a ballot initiative to remove redistricting from the hands of politicians will not appear on the ballot in November as organizers are suspending their campaign due to a lack of fundraising.
Read MoreWhen suburban businessman Rick Heidner jumped into the GOP primary for Governor late last fall, putting together a last minute ballot collection operation, talk from Heidner’s camp centered around the resources he was willing to invest in his own campaign.
Read MoreIn an expected move, Gov. JB Pritzker Monday endorsed Rep. Margaret Croke (D-Chicago), a former Pritzker staffer, for the Democratic nomination for State Comptroller.
Read MoreMonday marked a new firestorm in Chicago media over the long running saga over a new Chicago Bears stadium, but it appears the uproar was much ado about nothing.
Read MoreHere is a rundown of some of the top House races to watch leading up to the March 17 primary:
Read MoreHere’s a look at the contested Senate primaries on March 17th.
Read MoreWhen polling shows you trailing by double digits with six weeks to go before election day, one would think a candidate may start to try to point out dramatic differences between themselves and the frontrunner.
Read MoreWith just days to go before early voting begins in parts of the state for the March 17 primary, Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton faces a moment in which she needs to change the narrative in the race.
Read MoreAsk any Republican insider or operative, and they’ll tell you for a GOP candidate to be competitive against Gov. JB Pritzker this fall, they have to begin to make inroads with moderate suburban voters that have left the party in droves in the Trump era.
Read MoreThe Pritzker administration is holding back around $500 million in spending in the current fiscal year after asking agency heads to hold back 4% of their total appropriations last fall.
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