A federal court in Chicago has thrown out the legislative map passed by Democrats in May, but didn’t go so far as to throw out the September rewrite of the maps.
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Another minority group has filed a lawsuit against legislative maps passed in May and edited in August.
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Quarterly campaign finance reports were due at midnight Friday night. Here’s our quick rundown.
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There could be a lot happening during the next two weeks during veto session in Springfield.
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In an effort to strengthen Illinois’ Democratic congressional majority from 13-5 to 14-3, Democrats released a new gerrymandered congressional map Friday afternoon.
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Former Sen. Paul Schimpf’s campaign for Governor has failed to gain traction thus far, and some influential Republicans believe he should get out of the race for Governor and potentially explore a run for Attorney General.
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Governor JB Pritzker says he supports lawmakers repealing Illinois’ parental notification law for minors under 17 seeking an abortion.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan appears to be planning to highlight his position in the field as an “outsider,” according to a poll seemingly conducted by his campaign this weekend.
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The Illinoize spoke with more than a dozen Republican political operatives, current and former legislators, and other “insiders” about who the Republican candidates for governor should choose as their running mate.
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A group of African Americans critical of the Democrat-drawn legislative redistricting plan is asking the United States Department of Justice to investigate the new map.
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An Effingham County judge is the latest to reverse penalties from the Illinois State Board of Education against school districts defying Governor JB Pritzker’s school mask mandate.
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Democratic members of the state congressional delegation huddled with Democratic legislative staffers a couple of weeks ago trying to flesh out changes to their districts.
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Legislative hearings on the congressional remap start Thursday, so we wanted to ask a rudimentary question.
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On the first day for landlords to file eviction actions against tenants in court Monday, it doesn’t appear there was a giant flood of cases filed around the state.
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The Better Government Association and Chicago Sun-Times took a swing at Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) this weekend and, frankly, I’m not sure why.
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In the song of redistricting musical chairs, freshman Rep. Paul Jacobs (R-Pomona) found himself out of his current 115th District in southern Illinois and into a primary.
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A Kendall County judge has granted temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Illinois State Board of Education for revoking state recognition of a Christian school in Yorkville.
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The Chicago Bears have drawn significant attention for its winning bid to buy the Arlington International horse racing track as a potential location for a new stadium in the suburbs, but financing the potential project could be the biggest sticking point.
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Maybe there’s some light at the end of the tunnel.
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With redistricting and high profile candidates entering the new 3rd District Supreme Court race, the previous spending record is likely to be surpassed next year.
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