Heading into budget season, Gov. JB Pritzker faces major challenge to show ‘Illinois can govern itself’
A projected $3.2 billion budget hole is just one of the challenges facing Gov. JB Pritzker as he prepares his next spending ...
Democrats fume over weak early response to Trump
Democrats are fuming about their party leadership’s early response to President Trump.  Strategists say the reaction to Trump ...
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Illinois vs. Indiana: How the two states stack up amid border rhetoric
The Illinois attorney general has said he doesn't believe it is legal or possible for counties to join another state.
'Protect the integrity of our workforce': Jan. 6 rioters barred from holding state government jobs after governor issues directive calling their actions 'disgraceful'
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has issued a directive to state officials ordering them to bar pardoned Jan. 6 rioters from serving ...
Staunch anti-Trump Democratic leaders changing their tune for his second term
President Donald Trump has also seen less hostility early on from the local government in Washington, D.C., including Mayor ...
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MILLER: Federal funding fiasco resembles Illinois gridlock under Rauner
To many Statehouse types, some of last week’s news out of Washington, DC felt eerily familiar. Last Monday night, the White House announced a sweeping new policy that would’ve at least temporarily ...
Blitz! President Trump returns to familiar strategy that exhausts foes, delights friends
The returning president's pace is a more focused, stringent use of executive power that excites supporters while keeping foes ...