When the race for Chicago Mayor began taking shape late last year, many experts assumed we were barreling toward a runoff slugfest between incumbent Lori Lightfoot and Congressman Jesús “Chuy” Garcia. Since then, the two frontrunners have looked anything but.
Read MoreWayne Rosenthal has been here before.
Read MoreA potentially gigantic congressional primary looms in southern Illinois as sources close to former GOP Senator and 2022 Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey is considering a primary challenge to incumbent Congressman Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro.)
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker spent the first day after his budget address Thursday launching a road show to pitch his free preschool and childcare proposals with events in Springfield, East St. Louis, and Mt. Vernon.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker Monday introduced a $49.6 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2024 that is being criticized by Republicans for locking the state into expensive long-term spending while staring down the barrel of a potential recession.
Read MoreWhile the Governor’s office has been coy with details in today’s budget presentation thus far, it’s widely expected he’ll introduce wide-ranging programs to introduce free college tuition, free child care, and free preschool to some section of the population.
Read MoreRep. Dennis Tipsword (R-Metamora), a police officer and conservative freshman, wants to get things done, but knows there are plenty of hurdles for a guy like him in Springfield.
Read MoreEven though our politics and our cultural divides and crime and inequity and size and complexity can make you want to bang your head against a wall, it’s a good time to remember why we love this place so much.
Read MoreWith the state budget finally in improved shape following years of red ink and mismanagement, how do Democrats plan to keep spending in check?
Read MoreGovernor 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.
Read MoreFollowing President Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, members of the Illinois delegation reacted.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreTwo new Republicans in the Illinois House come from vastly different backgrounds representing vastly different districts, but each shares a common idea: getting things done.
Read MoreWith 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).
Read MoreLaurence Msall, the longtime President of the Civic Federation, the 125-year-old government finance think tank, died Saturday after complications from a surgical procedure.
Read MoreThere’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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreWillie Preston grew up on the streets of Englewood. He lived each day in what he calls “street conflict.”
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