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The race to replace Jesse White for Illinois secretary of state is heating up
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor 23 years, Illinois driver's licenses have had the name "Jesse White" written on them. However,...
'A voice of authority.' Longtime public radio news director, morning host Bradley dies at 83
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRich Bradley, who shepherded public radio in the Springfield area in its early days as the longtime...
Cook County court clerk getting boost in reelection bid from her government employees
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoCook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez’s bid for reelection is being helped by political...
Democratic candidates for secretary of state question each other’s ethics, promise to modernize the...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDemocratic candidates in a contentious primary race for Illinois secretary of state all promised...
Former UIC employee’s retaliation case may reveal gaps in state whistleblower protections
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAs a longtime employee of the University of Illinois at Chicago, Sharon Feldman understood that if...
Tim Mapes, former aide to Speaker Michael Madigan, sentenced to 2 1/2 years for lying to federal...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDuring Tim Mapes’ perjury trial last year, an FBI agent memorably testified Mapes’ boss, longtime...
Meet the Fox News defamation suit lawyer now advising No Labels on its 2024 campaign
Politico via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCHICAGO — No Labels has tapped a lawyer to vet third-party presidential candidates, and he's an attorney with no shortage of politically charged ties. Former federal prosecutor Dan Webb — who ...
Illinois Wins End to 50-Year Oversight of State Employment
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- A federal appeals court in Chicago ended five decades of oversight of Illinois...
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough dies at 73
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, a fixture in state and local Democratic Party politics who successfully championed legislation to ban the death...
New charges against Madigan, AT&T raise questions about prosecutors’ timing close to November...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFormer House Speaker Michael Madigan isn’t on the November ballot. In fact, he’s been out of office for nearly two years. But when new charges were announced Friday accusing Madigan of conspiring ...