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In early morning vote, Illinois House approves $53.1 billion state budget bolstered by $750 million...
Chicago Tribune· 5 hours agoIllinois House Democrats early Wednesday approved a $53.1 billion election-year budget that boosts...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker continues clashing with Illinois Senate over parole board
Chicago Tribune· 23 hours agoThe Illinois Senate and Gov. J.B. Pritzker remain divided over changes to the state’s embattled...
Amid Texas abortion ban, Democratic AGs meet in Austin to strategize on reproductive rights
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 40 minutes agoSince the U.S. Supreme Court...that had established a national right to abortion, in June 2022,...
State budget still up in the air
Politico· 1 day agoThey say they were fired after alleging in a lawsuit that they were pushed into working on Dart’s 2022 reelection bid,” by the Sun-Times’ Andy Grimm. —...
Senate under pressure to investigate Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito
Newsweek· 7 days agoSenate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, has recently come under...
Illinois Democrats still at odds over tax hike proposals as budget talks again head into overtime
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoDespite their iron-clad control in Springfield, Illinois Democrats for the second straight year will...
Daywatch: Lawyers for ex-AT&T boss object to Madigan evidence
Chicago Tribune· 3 hours agoLawyers for the ex-president of AT&T Illinois are seeking to bar key evidence in his upcoming...
Column: Change is the name of the game for Illinois’ secretary of state
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoThe Secretary of State’s Office is a behemoth, multi-faceted department of Illinois bureaucracy. Jesse White, the popular former secretary of state who decided not to seek ...
Political operative charged with sending obscene messages to state senator
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWGN Investigates has learned a top aide to a state representative who abruptly resigned in April has...
Democrats lurch toward finish line on budget as House breaks for remainder of holiday weekend
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoDay weekend after blowing through Friday’s self-imposed deadline to pass a state budget. Despite...