Numerous Senate Republicans and GOP political insiders are privately sharing concerns about the preparedness of the Senate GOP campaign apparatus some 15 months before the 2024 election.
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The Secretary of State’s office is transitioning all driver’s services, like license renewals and driving tests to an appointment-only system beginning September 1st, The Illinoize has learned.
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Recent fundraising reports have raised questions about the future of U.S. Senator Richard Durbin.
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New fundraising figures released this week show those Republicans posted light cash hauls, potentially putting their chances at re-election in peril.
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When Democrats in the General Assembly passed the first version of the so-called “SAFE-T Act” or “Pretrial Fairness Act” in the minutes before the legislature adjourned sine die in 2021, it was a document riddled with contradictions, flaws, and serious concerns about how to keep bad people off the street.
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The Illinois Republican Party hosted a “pop-up” event with former Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Mike Pence Tuesday afternoon, with an invitation paid for by the state party, in a manner that could look like an endorsement. But, state party officials say that’s not the case.
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In a 5-2 party line decision Tuesday, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the controversial SAFE-T Act, the law ending cash bail in Illinois courts.
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The Illinoize has learned state employees in AFSCME are due to receive 18% in raises over the next three years and a freeze in health care premiums for a year.
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The strategy of each of the GOP campaigns in the 12th Congressional District may be to curry favor of just one person: former President Donald Trump.
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f you’ve noticed most of the Governor’s public events in recent months, a stalwart at nearly each and every one is his Lt. Governor, Juliana Stratton.
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After the bipartisan, bicameral Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) last week released final revenue numbers for the fiscal year that concluded June 30th, many headlines focused on record revenues brought in to state coffers.
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As expected, Democrats appointed moderate Natalie Toro to the Illinois Senate Monday night, replacing progressive Cristina Pacione-Zayas, who resigned to join the administration of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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Here’s a quick summary of recent campaign news.
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In a statement Friday morning, former State Representative and 2022 GOP nominee for Secretary of State Dan Brady says he’s taking a pass on two races he was considering in 2024.
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When Rep. Jonathan Carroll (D-Northbrook) announced late Monday he wouldn’t seek re-election next year, it capped off one of the most tumultuous years of any member of the General Assembly.
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The entry of Darren Bailey into the southern Illinois-based 12th Congressional District is a textbook example of how modern politics has become overwhelmed by personality-driven ego trips and seemingly no longer has anything to do with policy.
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As time ticked away at the end of the spring legislative session, blowing past a self imposed May 19th deadline by a week, numerous lawmakers, Democrat and Republicans, lamented privately how little they knew about budget negotiations happening behind closed doors.
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Republicans all across the sprawling 13th Congressional District say they’re skeptical they can find a candidate who can compete with Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski next year.
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As his first serious brush with is progressive base continues, Governor JB Pritzker Monday continued to defend his decision to pause new enrollment in a health insurance program for immigrants in the country illegally.
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It wasn’t hard to be skeptical when lawmakers passed a temporary repeal of the state’s grocery tax and froze one of the state’s taxes on gasoline was more for their political benefit and less to help struggling taxpayers.
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