After outcry from police, prosecutors, lawmakers, and others when the Democratic-controlled General Assembly passed a flawed version of the SAFE-T Act in early 2021, many of those groups came together to begin negotiating a replacement to the law.
Read MoreThis will not look great for Republicans, as you may imagine, but not every GOP insider is shaking in their loafers.
Read MoreIf there’s an expectation of what issue may dominate the spring legislative session in 2025, many believe it will be a pending fiscal cliff for Chicago-area mass transit agencies.
Read MoreIf Democrats are going to expand on their 78-seat majority in the House of Representatives, they need to pick up some slightly Republican leaning districts.
Read MoreAs the calendar turns to September and the “traditional” start of the fall campaign season, big money has started to flow into legislative races.
Read MoreThe first two television ads of the fall campaign are up in vastly different forms.
Read MoreArrogance seems to be Governor JB Pritzker’s default position every time he’s posed a questions about the rights of legal gun owners in the state.
Read MoreHouse Democrats are launching a working group made up entirely of Democratic members from the city and suburbs to address a coming fiscal cliff for mass transit agencies in Illinois, once again leaving Republicans out of the process.
Read MoreThe LaSalle-Peru-Ottawa based 76th District has long been one of the swingiest House districts in the state. Republicans often targeted then-Rep. Frank Mautino for defeat, who held on to his seat by just some 300 votes in 2014 before he was appointed Auditor General in 2015.
Read MoreWhen the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday a hastily-passed Democratic measure this spring banning the “slating” of legislative candidates couldn’t apply to the November election, it cleared the way for at least ten Republicans to appear on November ballot.
Read MoreWhen the Democratic National Convention released its list of speakers for Thursday night’s DNC program, Illinois reporters immediately took notice of a name that seemed to come out of nowhere: former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
Read MoreAdam Kinzinger, a conservative Republican who served in Congress from 2011-2023, but lost favor among Republican voters in his district and around the country after leveling harsh criticisms at former President Donald Trump, joined a handful of Republicans speaking at the Democratic National Convention.
Read MoreThe freshman Illinois Democratic congresswoman who won a rural, downstate congressional district that was gerrymandered to elect a Democrat in 2022 told her Democratic colleagues in Chicago Thursday that they need to learn how to sell their wins to their moderate and conservative neighbors.
Read MoreAs the host-state Governor of the Democratic National Convention who was under consideration for the Vice Presidential nomination two weeks ago, Governor JB Pritzker’s moment in front of the American political stage Tuesday lasted just eight minutes.
Read MoreIllinois Democrats kicked off the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with a clear message: Democrats and unions need to work hand in hand to get out the vote.
Read MoreThe longtime spokesman for former House Speaker Michael Madigan says there was “absolutely not” any sign of possible corruption or inside dealing during his time working with the state’s longest-serving Speaker.
Read MoreThree top Illinois Democrats made their case for Kamala Harris and against Donald Trump on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Monday.
Read MoreThe message to Illinois Democrats on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was clear: fight, fight, fight to win.
Read MoreIf you didn’t already know Democrats in Illinois are full of confidence and maybe even a little hubris and that Republicans are divided underdogs, those stereotypes were fully exacerbated at this week’s Illinois State Fair.
Read MoreThe Illinois State Fair’s annual political days, currently Governor’s Day and Republican Day, typically have a higher profile in election years.
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