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114th House District race at a glance: Democrat incumbent Greenwood v. Republican Barnes
The 114th House District includes East St. Louis, south to Millstadt, Smithton and Freeburg and up to Shiloh in the eastern part of the district. -
Illinois retirees file lawsuit over biased ballot language on progressive tax
The lawsuit challenges the language that will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot asking whether voters want to scrap Illinois’ constitutional flat tax guarantee – opening the door to a retirement tax. -
The claws come out on 'Working Cats': Daiber wants program review; Prenzler says feral patrols were humane
Democrat Bob Daiber, challenging Republican incumbent Kurt Prenzler for county board chairmanship, says that feral "working" cats released within the Metro East Sanitary District to keep away moles, voles and other burrowing animals under Prenzler's administration "were left to be hunted by coyotes, resulting in their violent deaths." -
Madigan gives $2 million to Illinois Democratic Party, its largest donation in history
Undaunted by his implication in a bribery scandal, Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan within the past month transferred $3.25 million to the state party. -
Pritzker administration threatens 20% tax hike on everyone 'regardless of their level of income'
While acknowledging the harm it would do to the state economy and working Illinoisans, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton claimed lawmakers would be ‘forced’ to look at hiking everyone’s taxes due to the budget crisis. -
Trial lawyers keep funding Madigan political war chest, despite bribery scandal; $161K donated in September
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who is also chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, has been implicated in a federal bribery investigation. Trial lawyers, however, continue to donate money to Madigan's campaign organization. -
Official Illinois progressive tax explainer ranges from misleading to wrong
Progressive income tax proponents put factually inaccurate and misleading claims into a constitutionally required pamphlet intended to inform voters about a proposed amendment. -
Does Michael Madigan still have use for Justice Kilbride?
When Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride first ran for a seat on the high court in 2000, the state Democrat Party (owned and operated by House Speaker-for-Life Mike Madigan) contributed nearly $700,000 to his campaign.For Kilbride’s first retention campaign in 2010, the manna from Mike nearly doubled, and it was a good investment for the Madigan mob. -
Here’s the central, misleading claim constantly made about the ‘Fair Tax’ proposal
Illinois is now being inundated with ads, social media and op-eds urging a "yes" vote for the Fair Tax by making the following claim over and over again: -
Metro East Republican House candidates sign 'No Madigan Pledge'; Ask Dem incumbents to do same
Republican candidates for state representative in the Metro East are stepping up pressure on their Democrat opponents to let voters know whether they'd support the embattled Speaker of the House for another term. -
Illinois’ mortgage delinquency rate highest in Midwest amid largest spike in state's history
Delinquent mortgages nearly doubled to 124,000 amid COVID-19’s soaring unemployment, and inaction by state and local governments. -
Pension apocalypse? COVID-19 exposes long-running fragility of Illinois public pensions
Illinois’ pension crisis has been a growing problem for decades, and its negative effects on state residents are well documented.1 Economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and related government shutdown orders threaten to bring that long-running crisis closer to its breaking point. -
Meier on Pritzker’s enhanced restrictions for Metro East
I think the Governor should exclude the total number of positive COVID cases reported in state facilities and prisons when factoring his enhanced restrictions towards the region. For example, inmates with COVID are not leaving prison. -
Pritzker again pushes criminalizing businesses for failing to follow his COVID-19 orders
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is again turning to criminal penalties to gain compliance with his coronavirus mandates. He is targeting small business owners for mask violations. -
IL Supreme Court: No contempt hearing for Pritzker over COVID orders; Bailey lawsuit transferred to Springfield judge
The Illinois Supreme Court has slapped a hold on an order from a southern Illinois judge, which would have required Gov. JB Pritzker to come to court to argue why he shouldn't be held in contempt for continuing to issue COVID-related orders after that judge ruled he could not. -
MadiganGate is a dilemma for Democrats
Younger Americans unfamiliar with Watergate are not likely to know that Republican leaders in Washington had a “little talk” with President Richard Nixon when it became apparent that impeachment unavoidable.Democrat leaders in Illinois need to have a talk like that with House Speaker and State Democrat Party Chairman Michael Madigan. -
Judge orders Pritzker to appear in southern IL court to answer contempt petition
Clay County Judge Michael McHaney, the only judge to date to rule against Gov. JB Pritzker's continued use of COVID-19-related emergency powers, has ordered the governor to appear in court on Aug. 14 on a contempt petition from State Rep. Darren Bailey -
Appeals panel: Springfield judge shouldn't have tossed taxpayer suit over whether state wrongly borrowed $14 billion
An appeals court in Springfield said the lawsuit raises constitutional questions that are the courts' job to interpret and decide. -
Sing, sing, sing, sing, everybody start to sing
If there’s no honor among thieves, what keeps them from ratting each other out? -
State Rep. Bailey asks southern IL judge to hold Pritzker in contempt for continuing to issue COVID orders
Southern Illinois state lawmaker Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, has petitioned a judge in Clay County to hold Gov. JB Pritzker in indirect civil contempt for continuing to issue COVID-19-related emergency orders even after the judge ruled Pritzker couldn't do so.