The Senator who wrote and passed the new and controversial criminal justice reform bill in January may have been dissatisfied with the results of his bill after a man who chased him in his car with a gun was able to post bond and leave jail.

Governor JB Pritzker has written a check for another $35 million to his campaign account in what appears to be the clearest sign he’s running for re-election in 2022.

If you took anything out of the first meeting of the Senate Redistricting Committee this week, it’s obvious Democrats want to push through a map before June 30 while Republicans want to delay as long as possible for a seat at the table.

A State Senator who was key in major changes to the state’s criminal justice system earlier this year was threatened by a man with a gun while in Springfield this weekend.

House Democrats voted to condemn a conservative Republican State Representative for comments made in a video before the insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol in January.

You have an extra month to file your taxes. The state joined the federal government Thursday pushing back the traditional April 15 deadline to May 17.

Governor JB Pritzker will announce an expanded re-opening phase in between the current “Phase 4” restrictions and “Phase 5,” which essentially re-opens the state completely.

Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike says Governor JB Pritzker will introduce a new “phase” of the state’s re-opening this week.

Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike says vaccinated family members should be allowed to see loved ones in nursing homes, but administrators may be hesitant to re-open facilities to visitors.

11 of 13 Democratic members of Illinois’ congressional delegation want more people to have access to the United Center vaccine site or more sites set up in the suburbs.

Some House Republicans say they want the legislature to have more say over how the state spends an expected $7.5 billion in federal relief dollars signed into law this week, but a top Democrat says that’s already the plan.

At least a handful of county Republican party organizations are moving forward with their annual “Lincoln Day” dinners, a traditional fundraising and party building event, often held in the spring in each county.

Governor JB Pritzker says he’s allocating additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to nine mostly rural hospitals around the state to help cut down on wait times and improve access for those outside of major metropolitan areas in the state.

The state has provided new guidance for school re-opening, but it doesn’t yet provide a timeline for when students should be learning in the classroom full time.

A suburban Mayor has spent almost $100,000 of his campaign fund, not for re-election, but on legal fees.

Why the federal COVID-19 vaccination site at the United Center excludes eligibility from the suburbs and the rest of the state remains a mystery that Pritzker didn’t clear up Monday.

Before Illinois Republicans who want to be governor take on incumbent JB Pritzker, they may have to deal with another high profile problem first: former President Donald Trump.