Madison County Board member Erica Harriss is running on the Republican ticket for Illinois Senate in the 56th District, saying it’s time to lower taxes and offer “practical solutions” to the problems that plague Illinois.
(The Center Square) – Saying private dollars shouldn't be used to pay public employees, an Illinois lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prevent Gov. J.B. Pritzker from paying state employees out of his pocket on top of the salaries taxpayers already pay for.
Illinois state senators approved a new legislative inspector general over complaints by the Legislative Ethics Commission chair that the process and vetting were ignored for the new watchdog. House members vote next.
Edwardsville attorney James Craney has entered his appearance on behalf of Madison County Circuit Judges Sholar and Threlkeld in a lawsuit pitting the voters of Madison County against various state bodies.
The Joint Committee of Administrative Rules (JCAR) voted today to stop Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to reissue emergency rules that would have required school districts to enforce masking for K-12 public and private schools.
SPRINGFIELD – Statewide issues like virus mandates and judicial gerrymandering land on the bench of the Fourth District appellate court where voters haven’t picked a Democrat in 24 years.
SPRINGFIELD – Michael Kasper of Chicago, who rescued three St. Clair County judges from likely denial of retention in 2016, represents legislators defending a law that tilted the scales of justice in Madison County toward Democrats.
Reaction to a judge's temporary restraining order on school mask mandates and how some school districts have interpreted the decision have been loud and severe, ranging from a spontaneous parent "honkening" protest in Edwardsville to Gov. JB Pritzker saying the ruling “cultivates chaos."
State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) has filed legislation to bring more transparency to the legislative process to fix what is known in Springfield as the "shell game."
An investigation found $4 billion in funds to be doled out by politicians at their discretion, with Gov. J.B. Pritzker controlling half of it. The extra pork was packed into Illinois’ $45 billion infrastructure plan, including $144 million for Madigan friends – some who never asked for it.
Just when you think Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly could not possibly come up with anything more totalitarian than canceling elections in places where opposition to their regime is growing, a member of the super majority came up with one.
Madison County board members adopted a bi-partisan resolution supporting legal action against the state over a new law that divides the county into judicial subcircuits.
When the political party in power draws new district lines to increase its share of seats and squeeze the other party into near nothingness, it is called gerrymandering. That is what Illinois Democrats did this past year with congressional and state legislative districts.