It appears there won’t be a primary for outgoing Rep. Mike Marron’s (R-Fithian) seat after all.
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Governor JB Pritzker claimed Tuesday his administration was “being transparent” regarding an additional $160 million for Chicago’s migrant crisis will come from in the current state budget.
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Lou Sandoval, the new President and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce is in his first week at the organization.
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With crime and violence at the top of headlines nearly daily in the city, Governor JB Pritzker demurred.
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Rep. Mike Marron (R-Fithian) confirmed our report from last week that he will resign from the House to join Vermilion County’s economic development agency.
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After a lengthy and embarrassing court battle, former Republican Rep. Nick Sauer has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for posting nude pictures of his ex-girlfriend on the internet without her permission, an act known as “revenge porn.”
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Former Sen. Sam McCann was always a bit of a wild card.
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It’s just one day of a weeklong filing period, but three members of Illinois’ Congressional delegation did not file petitions for the 2024 election Monday.
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Former Senate President Pate Philip, a bastion of a generation of suburban Republicans, has died at 93.
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The state budget passed by the General Assembly in May left a razor thin margin between a projected surplus and deficit. But a new report from the Governor’s budget arm shows the state may be getting some breathing room.
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Rep. Mike Marron (R-Fithian), who has already announced he won’t seek re-election next year is expected to resign by the end of the year to take a local economic development job, multiple sources tell The Illinoize.
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After months of attempting to find a top tier candidate to replace outgoing Rep. Mike Marron (R-Fithian), it appears two Republicans will attempt to duke it out for the GOP nomination for the Champaign and Vermilion County seat.
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Governor JB Pritzker announced his plan Thursday to move $160 million from the Department of Human Services budget to address the migrant crisis in Chicago, but the announcement comes with few details on where the money is coming from and exactly how it is being spent.
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Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur), who had a lawsuit challenging the state’s assault weapons ban rejected by the state Supreme Court in August has filed a petition for the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case.
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No Republican has been Cook County State’s Attorney in almost 30 years, but former House Republican Leader Jim Durkin is continuing to kick the tires on a potential run.
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Any hope the 12th Congressional District primary between Congressman Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) and former State Senator Darren Bailey would turn thoughtful and policy focused was dashed Monday.
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When the legislature returned to Springfield Tuesday for the second week of the annual fall veto session, the district map for an elected Chicago School Board was one of many outstanding issues, but few expected it to be one of the most contentious issues under the dome.
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House Speaker Chris Welch held firm to his position he wouldn’t call legislation extending the Invest in Kids scholarship program without 71 Democratic votes.
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Organizing a new elected Chicago School Board is proving to be one of the most contentious issues of the fall veto session, if not the entire legislative year.
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The Illinois Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday ending the state’s decades-long ban on the construction of new nuclear power in the state, but only for so called “small modular reactors.”
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