Via WPSD PEORIA, Ill. (AP) – Democratic Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican Bruce Rauner are meeting for their first true debate of the Illinois governor’s race. The candidates are scheduled to face off Thursday night in Peoria. The meeting…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register A Sangamon County judge has agreed to hear arguments on why the state’s defense in the pension reform lawsuits is invalid, something that could speed resolution of the case in circuit court. Judge John Belz said…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register State Rep. Sue Scherer said Wednesday that she remains adamantly opposed to extending the temporary income tax increase despite citing progress the state has made in meeting its pension payments and paying down its backlog of…
Read MoreVia My Suburban Life LIBERTYVILLE – Local leaders addressed Lake County business concerns at an annual multi-chamber legislative breakfast at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville Tuesday. In addition to fielding audience questions about state income taxes and strategic consolidation,…
Read MoreVia the Chicago Tribune The Chicago City Council Wednesday is expected to approve expanding the authority of the city’s internal watchdog to the little-known Public Building Commission that spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year to build, rent and maintain…
Read Morevia the Supreme Court of The United States To read retired Justice John Paul Stevens’s speech, “Oops!”, on campaign finance Click Here
Read MoreVia the Daily Herald Both Gov. Pat Quinn and Bruce Rauner are unhappy with the concealed carry legislation that is now the law in Illinois, but that’s where their agreement on Second Amendment issues ends. The upcoming gubernatorial race pits…
Read MoreVia the Chicago Sun-Times Chicago, let’s raise the minimum wage. Let’s make life better for our lowest-wage workers and those a notch above. Let’s hike a minimum wage that has eroded so deeply it is now, in real buying power,…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register CHICAGO — A Chicago attorney and anti-corruption campaigner is stressing that a court-appointed monitor is needed to ensure the state’s Department of Transportation is in compliance with political hiring bans. Michael Shakman’s filing Monday in federal court comes…
Read MoreVia Credit WSIU By Bill Wheelhouse Brian Gaines has watched Illinois politics for 20 years. He says the current system of drawing legislative and congressional maps is bad and he hopes reformers can do something before the next re-map in…
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