Governor JB Pritzker isn’t outright saying he’s opposed to legislation to incentivize a move to the suburbs for the Chicago Bears, but it sure doesn’t look like he’s a champion of the idea.
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Following President Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, members of the Illinois delegation reacted.
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A story this weekend highlighting how a Democratic group blew off campaign finance reporting laws to hide their expenditures in heavily contested Supreme Court races shows the glaring holes in our finance and ethics laws.
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Two new Republicans in the Illinois House come from vastly different backgrounds representing vastly different districts, but each shares a common idea: getting things done.
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With the possible exception of the handful of farmers in the Illinois General Assembly, there’s probably no lawmaker who gets his hands dirty more than Rep. Harry Benton (D-Plainfield).
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Laurence Msall, the longtime President of the Civic Federation, the 125-year-old government finance think tank, died Saturday after complications from a surgical procedure.
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There’s been a drumbeat in recent weeks of some far-right Republicans, backed by a Republican blogger and former GOP gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey for Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy to resign, essentially arguing GOP losses in 2022 were Tracy’s fault.
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A potential legislative effort to clear the way for the Chicago Bears to negotiate a local tax break and build a $5 billion stadium and entertainment center in suburban Arlington Heights could get a helping hand from business interests in the state.
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As new House Republican Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) took questions at her first formal news conference of the new General Assembly Tuesday, a reporter harkened back to her predecessor.
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As the spring legislative session slowly begins spinning its gears, House Republicans are declaring their intention early: they want to be part of the budget process.
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Willie Preston grew up on the streets of Englewood. He lived each day in what he calls “street conflict.”
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Numerous downstate farmers and county officials are decrying a lame duck session action that sets statewide zoning standards for wind and solar projects around the state.
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Voters rejected a change in the constitution in 2020 to replace the state’s flat income tax with a graduated income tax by a result of some 53%-47%. 26 months later, the issue is about to come back.
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After more than a dozen rulings holding him in contempt of court and a new lawsuit alleging the detainment of children in care of the agency in juvenile detention centers, Governor JB Pritzker confirmed Tuesday he intends to nominate embattled Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Director Marc Smith for another term.
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Now that final results from the general election are available, a GOP consultant says actual data shows it was independents that sunk Republican candidates.
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Democrats in charge tell you things are on the up-and-up. There are some on the right that focus on the worst credit rating of any of the 50 states and an outlandish pension debt.
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The debate over banning assault weapons and the ensuing legal battle are more in a long line of gun issues where both sides are talking past each other.
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Departing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Thursday, Governor JB Pritzker said his goal was to make sure Illinois is “seen on the world stage.”
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In the wake of a messy appointment process to replace the late Senator Scott Bennett, dirty laundry is being aired on both sides of Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana), who was spurned for the appointment.
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As the first federal lawsuit has been filed questioning the constitutionality of the state’s new assault rifle ban, Governor JB Pritzker said Thursday he’s “very confident” the law will survive legal challenges.
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