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Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado on the House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 29, 2020.

Illinois House committee to hear challenges over appointment of Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado to seat formerly held by Rep. Luis Arroyo

February 18, 2020 at 5:26 p.m.

An Illinois House committee will look into challenges to the controversial appointment of Democratic state Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado to the seat formerly held by Rep. Luis Arroyo, who resigned after...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his State of the State speech in Springfield on Jan. 29, 2020.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker will propose a significant hike in child welfare spending but will have to figure out how to pay for that while fulfilling his goal of a second balanced budget

February 17, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday will propose millions of additional dollars for Illinois' long-troubled child welfare agency as he puts forward a plan to again balance the state's chronically unstable...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, shown in January 2020, is pushing a real estate transfer tax plan.

Democratic lawmakers renew push for significant homeless funding in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s real estate transfer tax plan

February 11, 2020 at 5:07 p.m.

A group of Democratic lawmakers is renewing a push for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to agree to dedicate a significant portion of revenue from her real estate transfer tax plan to...

Chicago Bears kicker Bob Thomas and holder Brian Baschnagel, follow the flight of Thomas' 50-yard field goal on Sept. 11, 1983, against Tampa Bay at Soldier Field.

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Bob Thomas, a former Chicago Bears kicker, to step down from high court

February 10, 2020 at 4:42 p.m.

Longtime Justice Robert Thomas, a former kicker for the Chicago Bears, will retire from the Illinois Supreme Court later this month and return to practicing law, he said Monday. "It...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his first State of the State speech at the State Capitol in Springfield on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.

In State of State speech, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois needs to ‘root out the purveyors of greed and corruption’

January 29, 2020 at 6:31 p.m.

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker used his State of the State address Wednesday to urge lawmakers to confront the "scourge" of political corruption in Illinois amid a wide-ranging federal probe that...

House Republican Leader Rep. Jim Durkin arrives to vote on a budget during the spring session of the Illinois General Assembly at the State Capitol in May.

After big wins last year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democratic legislature start new session facing major challenges on pensions, property taxes and ethics

January 24, 2020 at 6:19 p.m.

Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield on Tuesday for a spring session that will be a test of whether Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Democratic-led General Assembly can address issues at...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a measure capping out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $100 for a 30-day supply, regardless of how much is needed to fill the prescription.

Saying ‘diabetes doesn’t discriminate,’ Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs measure limiting out-of-pocket cost of insulin to $100 for 30-day supply

January 24, 2020 at 1:58 p.m.

Illinois became one of the first states in the U.S. to limit the out-of-pocket price of insulin when Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a measure on Friday that caps the cost...

March 15, 2004 - Chicago, IL - Absentee voters cast their ballots at 33 North LaSalle on Monday. ..OUTSIDE TRIBUNE CO.- NO MAGS, NO SALES, NO INTERNET, NO TV.. Tribune Photo by Terrence Antonio James 00224193D absentee (Chicago, Illinois, State Primary Elections, Polls, Polling Place, Voting)

Agencia de gobierno registra para votar a no ciudadanos, algunos votaron y podrían ser deportados

January 22, 2020 at 1:43 p.m.

Más de 500 personas que indicaron que no eran ciudadanos estadounidenses fueron registradas para votar erróneamente, cuando el proceso de registro automático de votantes de Illinois le transfirió la información...

Voter wristbands are ready at the polls during city elections in Chicago on April 2, 2019.

Illinois secretary of state’s office blames programming error for registering more than 500 voters who said they weren’t citizens

January 23, 2020 at 11:46 a.m.

More than 500 people who indicated they were not U.S. citizens during Illinois' automatic voter registration process were erroneously registered to vote after the Illinois secretary of state's office transferred...

Democrat Don Harmon of Oak Park elected to succeed John Cullerton as Illinois Senate president

January 20, 2020 at 2:09 p.m.

Oak Park Democrat Don Harmon was chosen as Illinois Senate president on Sunday, taking the helm of the General Assembly's upper chamber at a critical time in Springfield. Harmon, who...

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