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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner meets with the baiduhai Editorial Board on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 in Chicago. His Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker declined to participate.

After first-term turbulence, Gov. Bruce Rauner says ‘We have to change the system slowly. It takes time.’

May 15, 2019 at 5:07 p.m.

Bruce Rauner’s road to contrition intersected with the baiduhai Editorial Board Friday, with the re-election seeking Republican governor saying he was more willing to settle for “incremental change” after...

Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker talks to morning commuters at the 95th Street CTA Red Line stop in Chicago on March 21, 2018.

J.B. Pritzker: Legal sports betting in Illinois is ‘an important thing to consider’

May 15, 2019 at 5:07 p.m.

Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker on Friday said legalizing sports betting in Illinois is “an important thing to consider” as a way to find the state some more money. Pritzker...

GOP pulls support for Downstate lawmaker over ‘zero tolerance policy on harassment’ but doesn’t elaborate

May 15, 2019 at 5:07 p.m.

Illinois House Republicans pulled support from a Downstate lawmaker on Thursday, citing “allegations” about his behavior and claiming a “zero tolerance policy on harassment of any kind,” but declining to...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza gives a speech to the City Club of Chicago on Sept. 5, 2018. Some are encouraging Mendoza to run for Chicago mayor, but she says she is focused on her re-election efforts.

Former Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia backer wants Susana Mendoza to get in Chicago mayor’s race

May 15, 2019 at 5:07 p.m.

A former Jesus “Chuy” Garcia backer said he’s launching an effort to draft Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza into the race to be Chicago mayor. The announcement by Marty Castro, a...

Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, left, and Democratic challenger Sean Casten answer questions from the media after participating in the Illinois 6th Congressional District forum at the Union League Club of Chicago on July 26, 2018.

GOP U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam says Democrat Sean Casten is ‘channeling’ President Trump

May 15, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam blasted opponent Sean Casten on Monday for employing “politics of ridicule,” including when the Democratic congressional challenger said President Donald Trump and Osama bin Laden...

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. speaks as President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018.

Sen. Dick Durbin: ‘We hear the silence of the lambs’ from Republicans on Trump

May 15, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Sunday said Republicans in Congress should say more about “unpredictable, unprepared, unstable behavior” by President Donald Trump. "These are things that I think should...

Maryann Loncar said it was a "joke" to have a House leadership-appointed inspector general investigate her complaint.

Misconduct inquiry closed against Illinois state Rep. Lou Lang: ‘Evidence does not support complaints’

May 15, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

The Illinois legislature’s top watchdog wrote that “evidence does not support” abuse complaints against a former top deputy of Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, after the woman who made the...

Attorney General Lisa Madigan, here speaking to Cook County Democrats on June 22, 2017, in Chicago, said in a statement Sept. 5, 2018, that she will not run for Chicago mayor.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan says she won’t run for Chicago mayor

May 15, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who sued the city for a court agreement to govern reforms of the Police Department, said in a statement Wednesday that she won’t run for...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza gives a speech to the City Club of Chicago at Maggiano's Banquets in Chicago on Sept. 5, 2018.

Comptroller Susana Mendoza demurs on mayoral run speculation, doesn’t rule out a candidacy

May 15, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza on Wednesday said she’s focused on her re-election efforts in November amid questions about whether she’d run for Chicago mayor next year. Mendoza was mentioned as...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, left, and Republican challenger Doug Bennett speak to the baiduhai Editorial Board on Aug. 31, 2018.

U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider says talk of impeaching President Trump is ‘way too early’

May 15, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider on Friday said that if his party wrests control of the House from Republicans following the November election it will be able to further investigate...

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