Even though Democratic frustration with Israel has picked up nationwide, State Treasurer Mike Frerichs says he isn’t changing the state’s investment strategy.
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As Mayors across the state have expressed concern and frustration over Governor JB Pritzker’s “BUILD Illinois” homebuilding and zoning plan as an attack on local zoning rights, the Pritzker administration has poured cold water on an alternative proposal introduced by the Illinois Municipal League.
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Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi will face a three-way race to remain in her current position leading the party.
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Despite stories last year that Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi planned to resign and, we’re told, changed her mind, Salvi is expected to seek a second term as GOP chair next week.
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As House Democrats passed a Chicago Bears “megaprojects” bill on the House floor last month, many bragged about a provision to devote some of the property tax payments to be paid by the Bears to property tax relief around the state.
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Gas prices have spiked across Illinois, ranging from around $4.75 per gallon in southern Illinois to over $5.30 per gallon for regular unleaded in parts of the city of Chicago and suburbs.
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The likely entrance of former Republican political strategist-turned-independent Collin Corbett in the race for Governor has raised eyebrows in political circles and has led to mixed reactions, especially from Republicans, about the viability of a third party candidate in the race in November.
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After a public breakup last week with the Republican Party, former GOP strategist and consultant Collin Corbett confirmed to The Illinoize late Tuesday he will launch an independent bid for Governor.
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While Democrats are having a difficult time in their own ranks passing a bill to provide property tax certainty to keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois, Republicans have fallen into outright civil war over the House vote on the package last week.
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As the Illinois Senate returns to Springfield this week, don’t expect a quick resolution on the long-debated Bears/Megaprojects bill, even after Governor JB Pritzker declared last week the process had the “need for speed” to keep the team in Illinois.
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The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the corruption conviction against former House Speaker Michael Madigan Monday.
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After days of amendments and arm twisting, the Illinois House advanced legislation Wednesday night to give the Chicago Bears a significant property tax break for a new stadium in Arlington Heights and to encourage other “megaproject” developments in the state.
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After a day of amendments, reports of a tense House Democratic caucus, Senate skepticism, and frustration from the Governor’s office, it appears the House may be farther from ever from getting the bill aimed at keeping the Bears in the state of Illinois from becoming law.
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After filing a first quarter campaign finance report where he raised an eye-popping $12 million and had $18 million cash on hand, speculation has ramped up that Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is laying the groundwork for a run for Chicago Mayor in 2027.
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Late Monday night ahead of the House return to Springfield, Rep. Kam Buckner (D-Chicago), the lead sponsor of the “megaprojects” property tax bill also aimed at keeping the Chicago Bears in the state of Illinois says he’s confident the legislation can move out of the chamber this week.
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A little noticed Constitutional Amendment proposal could have major impacts on how lawmakers redistrict in the state, and Republicans argue Democrats are trying to amend the constitution to allow them to further gerrymander legislative districts.
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Barbara Flynn Currie, the unabashed progressive who represented the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago in the Illinois House for 40 years and served as Majority Leader for 22 years died Friday at the age of 85.
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If lawmakers are going to put a referendum on the November ballot asking voters to approve a constitutional amendment to increase taxes, either through a graduated income tax or through a “surcharge” on incomes over $1 million, they’ll have to get it done by May 3.
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Senate President Don Harmon made some of the least optimistic comments from a top Democratic official yet this spring about passing property tax legislation to keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois and prevent the franchise from moving to Indiana.
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House Speaker Chris Welch has been publicly silent since a move in February to remove Rep. Harry Benton (D-Plainfield) from the House Democratic Caucus, including stripping him of all of his committee assignments.
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