Top Republicans say they could get on board with changes to the impending end of the state’s cash bail system, if judges are given more latitude than in the way the law is currently written.
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Your Monday Free for All.
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While the battle over a new law overhauling the state’s criminal justice system continues to play out with rhetoric and hot takes, we’re told House Democrats have been quietly working on changes to the criminal justice reform law during the upcoming veto session.
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GOP gubernatorial nominee Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) lost six figures in farm income twice in the past five years, but made six figures in two other years, according to five years of federal tax returns shared with The Illinoize.
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In a hastily called news conference Tuesday afternoon, GOP nominee for governor Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) took aim at Governor JB Pritzker over crime in Chicago, but also revealed he is renting an apartment in the city he continually refers to as a “hellhole.”
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Rachel Ventura wasn’t the chosen one, but toppled the appointed incumbent for a Joliet-based senate district in June.
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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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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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We answer reader questions.
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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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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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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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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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Is ultraconservative southern Illinois farmer Darren Bailey dragging down the Republican ticket?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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