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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker talks to attendees at the Governor's Sale of Champions at the Illinois State Fair as first lady Mary Kathryn Muenster, right, looks on in Springfield on Aug. 16, 2022.

After he takes control of state party, Gov. J.B. Pritzker doles out $5.5 million to help fellow Illinois Democrats

August 24, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Fresh off cementing his influence over the Illinois Democratic Party with the election of his hand-picked chair, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has given $5.5 million to the state party and campaign...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot attends a City Council meeting at City Hall on July 20, 2022, in Chicago.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasts ad from pro-Bailey political committee that ‘darkens’ her image

August 23, 2022 at 7:50 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday denounced a recent television ad from an organization opposing Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker's reelection because she said it features racist images and uses a...

Members of the community attend an interfaith service on July 10, 2022, at Glencoe Union Church after seven people were killed on July Fourth during a mass shooting in Highland Park.

GOP lawmakers ask Illinois State Police for more details on how it handled report on alleged Highland Park shooter

August 17, 2022 at 10:37 p.m.

Republican state lawmakers are pushing Illinois State Police for a more detailed account of how the agency handled a report from local police about the man who would allegedly go...

Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey greets supporters at a rally outside the Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield, on Aug. 16, 2022.

Awake Illinois rally at Capitol draws small crowd, Darren Bailey says gas prices partly to blame

August 16, 2022 at 7:42 p.m.

Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey kicked off the biggest political week of the year in Springfield on Tuesday by criticizing Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker's economic policies and promising to...

Hundreds of high school students line up and head back to school at Oak Park River Forest High School in Oak Park on Aug. 16, 2022.

Judge dismisses school mask lawsuit, but GOP attorney general candidate Thomas DeVore still claims victory

August 18, 2022 at 2:34 p.m.

Republican attorney general candidate Thomas DeVore is claiming victory after a Springfield judge last week dismissed his lawsuit challenging a state mask mandate and other coronavirus restrictions for schools that...

Un rifle semiautomático Smith & Wesson M&P-15, similar al que se usó en el tiroteo masivo del 4 de julio en Highland Park, se exhibe durante la reunión de la Asociación Nacional del Rifle en Houston el 28 de mayo de 2022.

La orden de restricción de armas de fuego, una ley confusa e infrautilizada

August 10, 2022 at 10:20 a.m.

Un grupo de agentes de la ley y expertos de todo Illinois y del país se reunieron a mediados de junio para comenzar a elaborar un plan para aumentar la...

A Smith & Wesson M&P-15 semi-automatic rifle, similar to the one used in the Highland Park Fourth of July mass shooting, is displayed during the National Rifle Association meeting in Houston on May 28, 2022.

In wake of Highland Park massacre, law on firearms restraining orders in Illinois seen as confusing and underused: police leaders, experts

August 16, 2022 at 11:28 a.m.

A group of law enforcement officials and experts from around Illinois and across the country gathered in mid-June to begin crafting a plan to increase awareness among the general public...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Chicago on June 29, 2022.

Appeals court rules that after 50 years, federal oversight of state hiring no longer necessary

August 5, 2022 at 5:20 p.m.

A U.S. appeals court in Chicago on Friday ruled that federal court oversight of state hiring is "no longer warranted," freeing Gov. J.B. Pritzker and future governors from scrutiny that...

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride at the opening of the new Will County Courthouse in Joliet on Oct. 9, 2020.

Federal lawsuit challenges new limits on contributions to Illinois judicial candidates

August 3, 2022 at 8:15 p.m.

A former Illinois attorney who retired to Texas and two conservative political action committees filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging recently approved restrictions on campaign contributions to judicial candidates in...

Supporters of abortion rights march around the Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas, on July 30, 2022.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker says defeat of Kansas abortion amendment a warning to Republicans seeking to ‘undermine bodily autonomy’

August 3, 2022 at 6:49 p.m.

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker hailed Tuesday's overwhelming defeat of a Kansas ballot measure that would have repealed abortion protections enshrined in the conservative state's constitution as a warning to Republicans...

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