Statewide elected officials seem to be keeping their campaigns flush with cash in case Governor JB Pritzker doesn’t run again in 2026.
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Six of seven House Republicans who represent districts won by Joe Biden in 2020 are seeking re-election next year and they’re all still below fundraising averages in their own caucus.
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Freshman Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-Springfield) says she is among a group of fellow moderate Democrats who could potentially vote to install a Republican House Speaker, but it wouldn’t be current the current GOP nominee for the post, Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan.
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Over the last decade, Republican leaders, minus the few years Bruce Rauner was pumping money into the GOP, have found themselves in a deep fundraising hole compared to majority Democrats.
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Supporters of the Invest in Kids program are finalizing legislative language they hope could save the embattled scholarship program during the fall veto session.
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After speculation through the week that lawmakers may attempt to advance a supplemental budget appropriation to aid the migrant crisis in Chicago during the fall veto session, House Speaker Chris Welch put the issue to rest, at least for now, Thursday.
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Governor JB Pritzker appeared to downplay the idea of more state funding for the migrant crisis in Chicago.
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A west suburban man was released from police custody Tuesday and not held in jail after he allegedly threw rocks through the windows of Governor JB Pritzker’s Gold Coast mansion Monday.
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Recently retired Winnebago County Judge Joe McGraw jumped into the GOP primary for the 17th congressional district Wednesday.
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Even after Governor JB Pritzker said last week more state funding for Chicago’s ongoing migrant crisis was unlikely, it discussions are ongoing for potential legislative action during the fall veto session, which begins in Springfield in two weeks.
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A group of some of the most progressive Democrats in Springfield have blamed Israel denying Palestinians “basic human rights” for the terrorist attack by Hamas on Israelis.
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The Illinois campaign operation of Florida’s Republican Governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis have claimed to be the only campaign with a full slate of delegates and alternates for the March primary.
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Housing migrants and helping them resettle is a costly, controversial conundrum.
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Petition circulation for presidential candidates and delegates begins in the state this weekend, and it appears some Republican campaigns are struggling to recruit delegate candidates.
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In the latest volley for responsibility of thousands of asylum-seeking migrants being bussed to Chicago, Governor JB Pritzker asked the White House Monday for help.
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Gambling revenue continues to grow in Illinois, with more expected as new casinos have opened in Chicago and Rockford.
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It’s over 5,000 miles as the crow flies between Carbondale, Illinois and Kyiv, Ukraine, but it appears the Russian invasion and ongoing war in Ukraine is set to be a hot topic in a southern Illinois congressional primary.
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It appears House Democrats have not yet decided whether to renew a controversial tax credit to provide scholarships to private schools or if it will expire at the end of the year.
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A new audit of the much maligned Department of Children of Family Services (DCFS) shows the agency failed to report cases of child abuse and neglect to authorities and schools, sometimes for years.
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DeKalb Mayor Cohen Barnes, a recently announced Democratic candidate in the 76th House District, may cause himself some headaches catering to progressive primary Democratic voters.
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