Illinois' now-passed partisan redistricting that produced blatantly unfair maps illustrates that the majority who want fair maps need to speak louder, a downstate freshman state representative said.
A "statesman and a hero" will say the right thing even when a colleague cries "transphobic," a Crete Township Republican official said after Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) was called that by the state House sponsor of a gender-neutral bathroom bill now in the Senate.
Illinoisans may find out next week whether longtime Southern Illinois Republican Congressman John Shimkus (R-Danville) will change his mind about retiring from the 15th Congressional District seat he has held for more than 20 years.
The Land of Lincoln is suffering a number of financial woes, fueled in large part by unfunded pension liabilities, but neither Illinois nor any other state should expect a bailout from Uncle Sam, according to a resolution introduced into the senate last summer.
Illinois state Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) is expected to be among four General Assembly lawmakers attending the Senior Fair in Carbondale next week, according to an event announcement and information on the senator's website.
Illinois state Sen. Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) said in a recent statement that he opposed the pay raise for state legislators that ended up being part of the state's unbalanced $40 billion fiscal 2020 operating budget.
Even if Illinois state House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) used "dirty tricks" to fend off 2016 primary challenger Jason Gonzales, the strategy allegedly employed was not illegal, according to a recent court filing.
A Republican Illinois House representative from the 93rd District earlier this week renewed her call for fair maps and pushed support for an independent map-drawing petition following a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear gerrymander cases.
There are better ways to reduce abortions besides forced castration, as reportedly suggested by a DuPage County area lawmaker earlier this month, said state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) to SE Illinois News during a recent interview.
The six-year minimum wage spike signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker earlier this week will be unlike any other such increase in Illinois, a Saline County official and businessman said during a recent interview.
Illinois education officials are out to get half of the state's budget—and they just might—to the detriment of the state's taxpayers, according to an online Wirepoints newsletter issued earlier today.
Illinois's powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), earlier today revealed to be a target in the same FBI investigation that led to an extortion indictment against a Chicago alderman, is not accused of anything new, a think tank reported.
Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.
Illinois's "other debt disaster" is $73 billion in unfunded state retiree health insurance benefits and more than twice that amount owed over the next four decades, according to a special report issued this week by an online news outlet.
Illinois Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) believes state lawmakers need to reject political pork spending that was hidden in the budget passed earlier this year.
Supporting a proposal to cut Illinois property taxes in half and a slate of political candidates who would help make that happen is part of Liberty Principles PAC's recently announced "Save Your Home" campaign.
Robert Winchester, incumbent and longtime Republican State Central Committeeman in the 15th Congressional District who reportedly "lost" that seat in the now-contested race in April, received 100 percent of the vote in Hamilton County, a party official in that county said in an affidavit.
House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner are more worried about their public image than in freezing property taxes, which state legislators should oppose, Williamson County Board Chairman Ron Ellis said during a recent interview.
Illinois FFA Foundation and Illinois 4-H Foundation recently received checks for $60,000 from Dakota Access Pipeline to benefit local youth in the 12 Illinois counties, according to a Nov. 1 release.