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Then-Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot talks to the media outside Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office in the Illinois Capitol building on April 10, 2019.

State lawmakers return for veto session under cloud as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces major test of her sway in Springfield

October 27, 2019 at 11:30 a.m.

After passing a number of transformational laws last spring — from cementing women's abortion rights to legalizing recreational pot — the General Assembly returns to action this week under the...

At the State of Illinois Building in Chicago on Oct. 10, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces a plan to consolidate more than 600 pension funds for suburban and downstate police officers and firefighters.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker releases $23.5 billion multiyear transportation plan for upcoming road projects throughout Illinois

October 21, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker rolled out the details of a multibillion-dollar statewide transportation plan, only to be forced Monday to offer repeated assurances that state contracts and taxpayer spending will be...

Sen. Martin Sandoval’s daughter took in more than $52,000 during failed County Board bid from people and companies later named in federal corruption probe

October 18, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

The daughter of embattled state Sen. Martin Sandoval received more than $52,000 in political donations in late 2017 and 2018 from individuals and companies whose names have recently surfaced as...

Christopher Getty, mayor of the village of Lyons, takes questions from the media during a village board meeting in 2015.

FBI seized records on mayor’s home, red light cameras and even a popular brewpub in raid on southwest suburban Lyons

October 17, 2019 at 10:43 a.m.

FBI agents who raided the village hall in southwest suburban Lyons last month seized a plethora of evidence, including information on a clout-heavy red light camera company, a popular brewery,...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot addresses attendees during a budget town hall meeting at the South Shore Cultural Center on Oct. 2, 2019, in Chicago.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot pitches joint city-state owned casino

October 15, 2019 at 7:20 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is pitching two options for a Chicago casino to Illinois lawmakers, one a "public structure" that would be split between the city and state, the other a...

FBI sought wide range of evidence in raid of McCook village offices last month, warrant reveals

October 15, 2019 at 8:11 p.m.

FBI agents who raided the village headquarters of the tiny suburb of McCook last month were looking for a wide range of evidence including information about a clout-heavy suburban contractor,...

Men carrying cardboard boxes and bags labeled evidence leave the office of state Sen. Martin Sandoval at the Illinois Capitol on Sept. 24, 2019.

Feds eyeing who’s who of political power players in raid on state Sen. Martin Sandoval’s offices

November 12, 2019 at 6:25 p.m.

Federal agents who swooped into state Sen. Martin Sandoval's offices in the Capitol last month were armed with a search warrant naming a veritable who's who of political power players....

State Sen. Martin Sandoval, D-Cicero, on the Senate floor at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield in 2011. Federal agents raided Sandoval's state Capitol office last month.

Sen. Martin Sandoval quits as Transportation Committee chair as warrant shows feds sought material related to red light camera and gambling operators in office search

November 12, 2019 at 6:28 p.m.

Documents released Friday detailing a September raid on state Sen. Martin Sandoval's Springfield office reveal the scope of a far-reaching federal corruption probe that touches a range of powerful interests...

El senador Martin Sandoval, en el Capitolio en Springfield, Ill.

Sandoval renunció como presidente del comité de transporte del Senado

October 11, 2019 at 2:25 p.m.

Aquí puede consultar la nota completa en inglés y la orden de allanamiento a la oficina de Sandoval Una orden de allanamiento a las oficina de Springfield del senador Martín...

At the State of Illinois Building in Chicago on Oct. 10, 2019, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces a plan to consolidate more than 600 pension funds for suburban and downstate police officers and firefighters.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposes consolidation of suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension funds

October 10, 2019 at 6:28 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday unveiled a plan to merge roughly 650 local pension funds for suburban and downstate police officers and firefighters into two statewide funds in an effort...

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