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Pritzker Deflects on Biting Crime Commercial
Pritzker Deflects on Biting Crime Commercial

Viewers of Sunday’s Chicago Bears game in the Chicago TV market saw a commercial featuring a shocking attack on a woman walking down the street in broad daylight.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenSeptember 13, 2022
Burke Retiring From Supreme Court
Burke Retiring From Supreme Court

Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne Burke announced Monday she will retire December 1st and will be replaced by First District Appellate Justice Joy Cunningham.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenSeptember 12, 2022
Your Questions...Answered!
Your Questions...Answered!

We answer reader questions.

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OpinionPatrick PfingstenSeptember 9, 2022
Reaction to Allegations at Choate Developmental Center
Reaction to Allegations at Choate Developmental Center

Both Governor JB Pritzker and lawmakers are reacting to shocking allegations of delays in investigating abuse and neglect at a troubled home for the developmentally disabled in southern Illinois.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenSeptember 8, 2022
Pritzker Dominating Airwaves
Pritzker Dominating Airwaves

Seemingly without batting an eye, the campaign of billionaire Governor JB Pritzker has spent millions on television ads since the primary election concluded June 28.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenSeptember 8, 2022
Math Not on Bailey's Side
Math Not on Bailey's Side

If political headwinds, a highly funded incumbent, and his own fundraising struggles weren’t enough, Darren Bailey’s path to becoming governor appears to have a much bigger problem: math.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenSeptember 7, 2022
Changes in the State Retiree Health Care Plan Causing Concern for Some Downstate
Changes in the State Retiree Health Care Plan Causing Concern for Some Downstate

A change in providers impacting some 160,000 thousand state retirees has raised a lot of questions, and more than a little concern, among many downstate retirees.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenSeptember 2, 2022
Bad Moon Rising for Illinois GOP
Bad Moon Rising for Illinois GOP

Is ultraconservative southern Illinois farmer Darren Bailey dragging down the Republican ticket?

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OpinionPatrick PfingstenAugust 31, 2022
Issues Favor Democrats, Republicans Say it's Too Early
Issues Favor Democrats, Republicans Say it's Too Early

Fewer than two months out from a mass shooting at an Independence Day Parade in suburban Highland Park killed seven paradegoers, guns are the top issue among Illinois voters, according to a new poll from The Illinoize.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenAugust 30, 2022
Democrats Lead Big in Secretary of State, Treasurer Races
Democrats Lead Big in Secretary of State, Treasurer Races

In two races Republicans felt they had a chance to defeat Democratic opponents, hopes of the first GOP statewide win since 2014 may be slipping away.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenAugust 30, 2022
Exclusive: Duckworth With Comfortable Lead on Widely Unknown Salvi
Exclusive: Duckworth With Comfortable Lead on Widely Unknown Salvi

A new poll conducted for The Illinoize shows incumbent U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth with a wide lead on Republican challenger Kathy Salvi.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenAugust 30, 2022
Exclusive: Pritzker Leads Bailey by 18
Exclusive: Pritzker Leads Bailey by 18

It appears Governor JB Pritzker is well on his way to re-election. In a new poll exclusive to The Illinoize, Pritzker leads conservative Republican opponent Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) by 18 points.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenAugust 30, 2022
Uihlein Jumps Back in for Bailey
Uihlein Jumps Back in for Bailey

Conservative donor Richard Uihlein appears to have made amends with the Darren Bailey campaign after previously pulling his support from Bailey’s effort.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenAugust 29, 2022
Democrats May Be Testing New Attacks on GOP Opponents
Democrats May Be Testing New Attacks on GOP Opponents

When Governor JB Pritzker’s campaign attacked Sen. Darren Bailey for receiving federal farm subsidies it may have showed Democrats’ hand in messages they’re testing against multiple Republican opponents across the state.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenAugust 19, 2022
Bailey Can't Stop Calling Chicago a "Hellhole"
Bailey Can't Stop Calling Chicago a "Hellhole"

In what should have been a prime opportunity for GOP gubernatorial candidate Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) to verbally smack around incumbent Governor JB Pritzker, instead, Bailey lost the message…again.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenAugust 19, 2022
Pritzker Calls GOP "Lunatic Fringe" in Pointed State Fair Speeches
Pritzker Calls GOP "Lunatic Fringe" in Pointed State Fair Speeches

It’s the traditional kickoff to the fall campaign in Illinois, but with a primary pushed back to June and lightning rod candidates at the top of each ticket, the Illinois State Fair seems almost as another stop in a non-stop campaign tour.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenAugust 18, 2022
What is Actually in the Criminal Justice Reform Law?
What is Actually in the Criminal Justice Reform Law?

There are few more controversial topics in state government than the January 1 rollout of a new criminal justice law that ends the long-standing cash bail system in Illinois.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenAugust 17, 2022
Casino Revenue Rebounding Post-Pandemic
Casino Revenue Rebounding Post-Pandemic

New numbers from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) show casino revenue is “skyrocketing,” but still not quite pre-pandemic levels.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenAugust 16, 2022
Are Democrats in Trouble in the Suburbs?
Are Democrats in Trouble in the Suburbs?

A new poll released by a group promoting term limits shows both President Joe Biden and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Schaumburg) struggling in a suburban district drawn to elect a Democrat.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenAugust 12, 2022
This is the Darren Bailey Republicans Feared
This is the Darren Bailey Republicans Feared

It’s becoming clearer and clearer that the one thing most likely to keep Darren Bailey from being elected Governor in November is Darren Bailey.

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OpinionPatrick PfingstenAugust 10, 2022
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