The national Democratic Governor’s Association ad has launched a new ad campaign targeting a Republican most likely seen as incumbent Democrat JB Pritzker’s toughest challenger in November.
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It’s an election year. Tensions are high. The Governor knows crime is the Achilles' heel of his path to re-election. Governor Pritzker also likes his rhetoric and he wants to fire up Democratic voters.
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With the clock ticking toward the abnormally early adjournment of the spring legislative session, there remain numerous open questions before Democrats finalize a state budget.
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If Governor JB Pritzker is concerned about being painted as “soft on crime” ahead of the fall election, Senate Democrats sure didn’t help him avoid that allegation Monday night.
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The Senate followed up on Wednesday’s House action passing a $2.7 billion expenditure of federal bailout dollars to shore up the state’s unemployment insurance fund.
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The challenge filed against Republican venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan’s nominating petitions was engineered by the campaign of primary foe Gary Rabine.
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House Democrats are using a portion of the state’s remaining federal bailout dollars to help dig the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund out of a hole estimated to be $4.5 billion or higher.
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This Chicago Tribune headline will surely be used in ads against Republican candidate Richard Irvin, but if you dig in deeply, you’ll see Irvin was complimentary of a portion of the controversial law.
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One of Governor JB Pritzker’s nominees for the state Prison Review Board was shot down by the full Senate Tuesday and another two are in jeopardy, failing to gain a positive vote from a Senate committee.
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Multiple sources say billionaire Ken Griffin’s statewide candidate slate is being engineered by two top confidants and their tactics have included threats, intimidation, bullying, and the promises of campaign cash to get out of a primary.
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Terry Cosgrove, the President and CEO of PersonalPAC, announced last week he’s retiring after the 2022 cycle. Outsiders probably don’t know who he is.
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As petition filing has come and gone for the June primary election, we take a look at the dozens of primaries for seats in the Illinois House.
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High gas prices hurt every consumer in Illinois, but providing relief may be a more difficult task than it seems.
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A former House Republican is back, seemingly out of nowhere, to challenge Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton (D-Western Springs) in the new 23rd Senate district.
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Governor JB Pritzker stood on a windy stage in the middle of the front stretch of the Worldwide Technology Raceway in Madison Tuesday and proclaimed himself as the state’s top cheerleader.
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Former Rep. Diane Pappas, who was defeated for re-election in 2020, has been appointed to replaced disgraced former Sen. Tom Cullerton.
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Tracking candidates who file their petitions for the June 28 ballot.
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Rep. Deb Conroy (D-Villa Park) was receiving attacks and threats over a health records bill that was dramatically taken out of context.
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Ray Long, the great Chicago Tribune investigative and political reporter is out with a new book on the life and career of former House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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Last week, news broke that many of us thought would never come: Mike Madigan has actually (finally) been indicted.
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