Illinois Politics

“Belleville, SWIC and Metro East, all you who are here today, it would be my honor to serve you for another four years,” the two-term governor said on Friday.

Pritzker was scheduled to crisscross the state for a series of reelection rallies starting Thursday morning at the Grand Crossing Park Field House on the South Side of Chicago.

The second-term Democrat, who represents much of the Metro East, said on Tuesday she was on the list of the man charged with killing a Minnesota state lawmaker and shooting another.

It's the largest budget in state history despite cuts and freezes. Only a handful of Democrats opposed it, and all Republicans unanimously voted against it.

Illinois Democrats, who hold supermajorities in the House and Senate, pushed through a spending plan with little time to spare before the May 31 midnight deadline.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun authorized the commission that will study redrawing the state boundaries. Without companion legislation in Illinois, the 11-person commission will just have six appointees from Indiana.

The 80-year-old Democrat and East St. Louis native told WBEZ in an Illinois exclusive that age was a factor in his not seeking a sixth term in Congress.

A hearing board recommended a 60-day suspension of Tom DeVore, the Bond County attorney, for "violations arising from his dating and business relationships with a client.”

A case brought to the Illinois Supreme Court by House Republican Leader Tony McCombie asked the court to reject the current legislative map for its partisan bias and have a special master redraw the districts.

A statement by influential Chicago advocacy groups against Sen. Dick Durbin’s vote, coupled with a climate group protest targeting him, are uncommon public rebukes of the 80-year-old lawmaker deciding whether to run for another term.