The General Assembly returns next week for a vote on a long-expected energy bill. There’s no bill filed yet, in fact, we’re told there’s not even language on paper.
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Federal prosecutors may have former House Speaker Michael Madigan on tape.
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In a surprise to few, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) and Senate Republican Leader Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) filed suit in federal court Wednesday asking the court to throw out a Democrat-drawn redistricting plan.
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The General Assembly could return to Springfield next week for a vote on an expansive energy bill that would likely include subsidies to keep nuclear plants in the state open, force the eventual closure of coal-fired power plants in the state, and likely include incentives for green energy projects.
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Breaking a campaign promise to veto a redistricting plan drawn by politicians, Governor JB Pritzker Friday signed a Democratic-drawn redistricting plan into law .
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As a frequent critic of extremist Republicans and former President Donald Trump, Kinzinger has won praise from some for his stance of reform in the GOP, but has soured relationships with party leaders. He says he still “intends” to run for re-election next year, but still isn’t ruling out a run for U.S. Senate.
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Following passage of an ethics reform package that seemingly made nobody happy, the Senate sponsor says it’s a step in the right direction.
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The House and Senate advanced a $42.3 billion state budget early Tuesday morning, but celebrations were muted later in the morning as Senate President Don Harmon used a parliamentary tool to block the budget from moving to the Governor’s desk.
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As the clock ticks toward a midnight adjournment at the Illinois State Capitol, legislators are furiously working to pass hot topic pieces of legislation.
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House Democrats Saturday narrowly passed a measure they say will help stop people who should not have guns from obtaining a state Firearm Owner’s Identification card. But Republicans say Democrats are overreaching and making a “gun grab.”
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Fewer than 24 hours after releasing a second version of a legislative redistricting plan, Democrats advanced a plan for new legislative districts to the desk of Governor JB Pritzker on purely partisan votes.
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One of the closest aides to longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan pleaded “not guilty” Friday to charges he lied before a federal grand jury.
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After narrowly losing Republican primaries for Governor in 2010 and 2014, former State Senator Kirk Dillard could be planning a return to elective politics.
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Democrats released a second version of proposed redistricting boundaries Thursday night, which they said keeps some communities of interest together and prevents potential Republican member vs. member primaries next March.
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With less than five full days remaining in the legislative session, Senate Republicans are frustrated Democrats haven’t released spending priorities and argue Governor JB Pritzker and Democratic leaders should take cuts to GOP-supported tax programs off the table.
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Tim Mapes, one of the closest aides to former House Speaker Michael Madigan has been indicted by federal prosecutors.
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In the first hearing since releasing a draft legislative redistricting proposal Friday night, groups representing Latinos, Asians, African Americans and others called on Democrats to stop the redistricting process and wait for formal census data.
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Democrats released a redistricting plan Tuesday to redraw Illinois Supreme Court districts for the first time in more than 50 years.
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House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) called the redistricting plan “nothing less than a kindergartener’s artwork.”
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Republicans aren’t giving five star Yelp reviews to Speaker Chris Welch’s proposed legislative districts. .
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