In a state budget that included some $70 million in cuts in a $53 billion spending plan, lawmakers took an axe to funding for soil and water conservation districts across the state.
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At some point, a convicted politician in this state is going to be made an example of, right?
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Monday was the deadline for independent candidates to file petitions for the November election.
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After Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy announced Wednesday he would resign his post by next month, speculation has already ramped up on who will step in to the role.
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There are some pretty terrible jobs out there. There are some pretty terrible jobs in politics. But Chair of the Illinois Republican Party may be the septic tank cleaner job of Illinois politics.
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With fewer than five months before the November election and serious political headwinds facing the party, the Illinois GOP was struck another blow Wednesday as party infighting led to the resignation of its chairman, Springfield attorney Don Tracy.
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On a hot June day in Champaign-Urbana, appointed Rep. Brandun Schweizer (R-Danville) was dressed for door knocking. In a polo shirt, lightweight shorts, and bright orange running shoes, he’s spent the majority of his time hoofing through the neighborhoods of Danville, Champaign-Urbana, Rantoul and other communities that dot the 104th House District.
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The Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee has removed Vice Chairman Mark Shaw, a longtime figure in state party politics, from his position in party leadership.
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Last week wasn’t a banner week for the Pritzker administration’s plan to close the Logan Correctional Center, a downstate women’s prison located near Lincoln, and move it to a newly constructed facility near Joliet.
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A group of Illinois Republican State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen is working to oust Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy, multiple sources tell The Illinoize.
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Up and down the state, Republicans have been convinced their slated candidate against Rep. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) would be fine to remain on the ballot for the November election because he filed his slating paperwork with the Illinois State Board of Elections before Democrats passed a law ending slating in early May.
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The Chairman of the Lake County Republican Party is calling on his rival, Illinois GOP Vice Chair and State Central Committeeman Mark Shaw to resign.
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A four second comment on a little-noticed downstate TV station has escalated into a war of words from Governor JB Pritzker and his top staff aiming their fire at another statewide elected Democrat.
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Governor JB Pritzker signed the FY25 state budget Wednesday, spending a record $53 billion while aggressively pushing back on critics of the state’s massive increase in spending since Pritzker took office.
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In his post-session news conference last week, Governor JB Pritzker pushed back hard on reporters who pressed him on future financial challenges facing state government. Pritzker went back to his same old playbook: Republicans bad, credit rating upgrades good, Rauner sucks, balanced budgets good.
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Moderate Rep. Larry Walsh said there was a struggle between moderate and progressive Democrats over how to balance the budget and whether there should be tax increases, cuts, or a combination of both. He ended up voting for a tax increase at 4:30 a.m. last Wednesday.
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Does former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction last week hurt vulnerable suburban Republicans worse than the political headwinds they already faced, or has the unpopular former president already damaged suburban Republicans enough?
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After a judge put a new Democratic-passed law aimed at stopping political parties from slating candidates for the fall election on hold, Republicans put 16 candidates on the November ballot Monday, though most are seeking seats that are unlikely for the GOP to compete in.
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House Democratic staffers hoping to form a union have sued their boss, House Speaker Chris Welch, asking a judge to force recognition of their union.
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It seemed like it was almost over. Until it wasn’t.
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