Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are continuing their tense dance and budding war of words after reports the Johnson administration plans to stop expanding shelter space for asylum-seeking migrants being sent to the city.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker cited a Republican-commissioned poll Monday showing Illinoisans are more optimistic about the state economy than many national polls show, but the pollster says Pritzker isn’t painting the whole picture.
Read MoreConservative Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) is again arguing campaign contributions to two Democratic Supreme Court justices should invalidate their votes on the state’s assault weapons ban.
Read MoreSome House Democrats are quietly wringing their hands over primary challenges to two of their members.
Read MoreWhen the Sun-Times reported last week the Chicago White Sox were considering building a new stadium near the South Loop, many conversations directed straight to funding.
Read MoreA group of Rockford-area Republican lawmakers say they want the state to stop supporting asylum-seeking migrants who have been shipped to Chicago from Texas.
Read MoreMultiple sources tell The Illinoize the political arm of the Illinois Education Association, one of the state’s powerful teachers’ unions, engineered a challenge to the nominating petitions of conservative Rep. Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) and are actively recruiting a candidate to challenge Niemerg in a write-in race.
Read MoreFundraising has been a disaster for Illinois Republicans for years, but especially after then-Governor Bruce Rauner stopped floating cash into GOP coffers in 2018.
Read MoreWhen lawmakers left Springfield at the conclusion of the fall veto session, the House and Senate seemed miles apart addressing the makeup of a new elected Chicago School Board.
Read MoreWhile few expect serious movement on major issues before the March 19 primary, there are a few things that stand out for lawmakers to potentially address.
Read MoreMultiple conservative activists have challenged President Joe Biden’s nominating petitions for the March primary. Numerous election lawyers in Illinois and Washington believe there is little substance to the challenges.
Read MoreAttorney Tracy Katz Muhl was appointed Thursday night to replace former Rep. Jonathan Carroll in the House. Carroll resigned last Friday.
Read MoreFormer New Jersey Governor Chris Christie suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential primary earlier this week, but he’s still on the ballot in Illinois.
Read MoreWhile lawmakers plan their return to Springfield next week, all eyes will be on if Democratic majorities will take action to help fund the migrant crisis in Chicago.
Read MoreRep. Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) has been removed from the March primary ballot.
Read MoreThe Illinois State Board of Elections Thursday ruled on around 15 challenges to nominating petitions of candidates for the March primary Thursday.
Read MoreA public radio story posted this weekend revealed former President Donald Trump did not sign and file a “loyalty oath” when he filed nominating petitions last week to appear on the Illinois primary ballot.
Read MoreAs Darren Bailey continues to attempt to drive the narrative in the his challenge of Congressman Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro), he continues to have a hard time showing any discernable policy difference with the incumbent.
Read MorePresident Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the two leading contenders for their party presidential nominations this year, each filed nominating petitions Thursday morning to appear on the March 19 Illinois primary ballot.
Read MoreA federal judge this week pushed former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial from April to October while the U.S. Supreme Court reviews a case that could impact some of the bribery charges against the former powerful fixture in Illinois politics.
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