A year into the coronavirus pandemic, labor leaders, tourism executives, and some Democrats are calling on Governor JB Pritzker to begin relaxing restrictions to allow more conventions and tourism in the state.
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Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-Matteson) secured a narrow victory Wednesday night in a heated and vicious battle to become new state Democratic Party chair.
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Whether students are going back to school in-person or still staring at a computer screen for hours on end depends on where they live.
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The competition for the new chair of the state’s Democratic Party of Illinois was already complicated. Now, competition has turned ugly.
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State Representative Chris Miller (R-Oakland) found himself in hot water in the media last week, now he may be in hot water with his Democrat colleagues.
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Two Republican lawmakers say they want an independent investigation into the COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home, which killed 36 residents of the facility.
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The Biden administration has confirmed it will reverse course and keep Northern District of Illinois U.S. Attorney John Lausch in his position.
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The federal government is establishing a new mass COVID-19 vaccination site at the United Center in Chicago.
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Richard Porter is the Illinois National Committeeman on the Republican National Committee, and he confirmed to The Illinoize Thursday night he is “thinking about” a run for Governor next year.
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Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) says he has removed a sticker for an anti-government militia group from his truck windshield and claims he didn’t know what it meant.
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GOP Congressional candidate Catalina Lauf continues to leave a job for former Governor Bruce Rauner’s re-election campaign off her publicly available resumes.
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The saga of replacing former House Speaker Michael Madigan in the General Assembly appears to finally be settled.
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It appears Congressman Adam Kinzinger’s defection from the Trump wing of his party has earned him a pro-Trump challenge in 2022.
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After orchestrating the appointment of his successor last weekend, former House Speaker Michael Madigan pushed out the new legislator amid allegations of “inappropriate conduct.”
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Former Republican State Senator and 2018 third party candidate for Governor Sam McCann pleaded “not guilty” to illegally using campaign funds for personal expenses Tuesday.
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For a party that seems laser-focused on defeating Governor JB Pritzker for a second term in 2022, the message and eventual candidate seem to be a point of contention.
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State Senator Darren Bailey (R-Xenia), a one-term State Representative who has served in the State Senate fewer than two months, launched a bid for Governor Monday night.
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Former House Speaker and former State Representative Michael Madigan resigned as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois Monday.
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Joined by more than a dozen Black lawmakers at Chicago State University on the city’s south side, Governor JB Pritzker has signed controversial police reform legislation into law.
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In his third budget presentation Wednesday, Governor JB Pritzker blamed members of the Republican superminority in the House and Senate, as well as struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic for many of the crises facing Illinois government.
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