With just days to go before early voting begins in parts of the state for the March 17 primary, Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton faces a moment in which she needs to change the narrative in the race.

Ask any Republican insider or operative, and they’ll tell you for a GOP candidate to be competitive against Gov. JB Pritzker this fall, they have to begin to make inroads with moderate suburban voters that have left the party in droves in the Trump era.

The Pritzker administration is holding back around $500 million in spending in the current fiscal year after asking agency heads to hold back 4% of their total appropriations last fall.

Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock), a potentially endangered House Republican, appears to have been saved from major Democratic competition after his opponent was quietly removed from the ballot over an unpaid campaign finance fine of $85.

For much of the ongoing saga over the construction of a new stadium for the Chicago Bears, Governor JB Pritzker has been consistent in messaging a few things.

Campaign finance reports from the end of December were due Thursday night.

Republicans head into another spring legislative session flailing in the superminority, desperately trying not to lose seats in November, and trying to influence some of the biggest issues moving through the statehouse.

While Governor JB Pritzker has yet to lay out a 2026 legislative agenda, he gave a less than subtle hint Tuesday that homeowners insurance providers, including Bloomington-based State Farm, remain in his sights.

Tuesday marked five years since suburban Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch ascended to the top of ballots for House Democrats in a drawn out, contentious battle to oust then-Speaker Michael Madigan.

As suburban businessman Rick Heidner prepares to fully roll out his Republican campaign for governor, many Republicans have been scratching their heads wondering what Heidner’s message will be, how he plans to make a dent in the race in a short time, and if he can actually win the primary.