Sources say a group of members of the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee are working to force a vote of “no confidence” Saturday to remove Illinois GOP Chairman Don Tracy from his role.
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New revenue estimates are the latest in a long line of pressures for the Democratic supermajorities trying to pass a balanced budget with less revenue than in recent years and more spending priorities from more Democrats in Springfield.
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Republicans and a former Democratic governor are putting pressure on lawmakers for action on ethics reform before adjournment next week.
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Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy says he’s exploring whether the state GOP should continue with a long-standing party policy not to get involved in statewide primaries or if the state GOP should make endorsements in races like governor or U.S. Senate.
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Multiple Democrats confirmed Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago), the dean of the Illinois House, was being removed from her position in House leadership and has been barred from attending Democratic caucus meetings.
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A Medicaid-style health insurance for undocumented immigrants could cost an additional $880 million next fiscal year and could balloon to nearly $1.5 billion if lawmakers succeed in an attempt to expand the program.
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There appears to be a push among some Democrats in Springfield to enact ethics reform legislation in the wake of the ComEd Four corruption trial that centered around former House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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Former House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, who raised alarm for years over former House Speaker Michael Madigan and his potentially criminal ties to Commonwealth Edison said he feels “vindication,” following the convictions of the so-called “ComEd Four” on bribery charges.
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Just six days after a federal judge in southern Illinois put a hold on the state’s assault weapons ban, an appeals court judge in Chicago put the law back in place Thursday.
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It’s time we get serious about reigning in people and organizations that can, and do, have so much influence on state government.
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In one of the most high profile political corruption cases in Illinois in more than a decade, four former Commonwealth Edison executives, lobbyists, and a political insider and close confidante of former House Speaker Michael Madigan were all convicted of a scheme to bribe Madigan through contracts and favors for top associates.
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There appears to be some frustration building as talks have stalled on changes to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), which has set off a legal firestorm over the data employees provide to employers, including unauthorized capture of their biometric information, like thumbprints.
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With just three weeks remaining in the spring legislative session, it appears Democrats are facing numerous internal conflicts on just how much money to spend in a new state budget.
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U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn Friday granted a motion from gun-rights groups to stop the state from enforcing the assault weapons ban lawmakers passed in January and the Governor signed into law hours later.
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A Washington Post report Thursday set fires across Illinois’ political community, alleging a network of fake newspapers mailed for free around the state in the run up to the 2022 election coordinated content with numerous top Republican campaigns.
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Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur), a founding member of the so-called “Eastern Bloc” of conservative members which morphed into the more formal “Freedom Caucus” told The Illinoize Tuesday he will not seek re-election in 2024.
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Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, who earned a reputation as a prosecutor who didn’t prosecute crimes, announced Tuesday she won’t seek re-election in 2024.
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After dropping new legislation to restart negotiations on a new stadium for the Chicago Bears in suburban Arlington heights, Rep. Marty Moylan (D-Des Plaines) says he plans to get the bill done in the final weeks of the spring legislative session.
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After a combination of political cash buoyed by unions and a billionaire governor snowed Republicans over in 2022, numerous GOP operatives are concerned the same is likely to happen in 2024.
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New legislation emerged late Thursday to provide incentives to build a new stadium for the Chicago Bears in suburban Arlington Heights. But legislative sources indicate the new bill is neither drafted or endorsed by the organization, and the Bears had no role in drafting it.
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