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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., leaves after a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 27, 2018.

Sen. Dick Durbin: FBI shouldn’t be ‘bridled’ in its investigation of Brett Kavanaugh accusations

May 15, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

Now that the FBI is investigating sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, politicians need to stay out of it while the agency does its work, U.S. Sen....

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner talks with members of the press after attending a televised debate in the NBC studios on Sept. 20, 2018.

Gov. Bruce Rauner says Kavanaugh process should be delayed; Sen. Dick Durbin votes ‘no’

May 15, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

Hours before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to advance Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday said the process should be delayed...

Kavanaugh says ‘I’m innocent’ as Durbin pushes judge to endorse FBI investigation

May 15, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Thursday pushed Judge Brett Kavanaugh to call for an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations by Chrstine Blasey Ford during the explosive hearing about...

Wristbands were available at the Greater Metropolitan M.B. Church in Chicago on primary Election Day on March 20, 2018.

Early voting for Illinois’ 2018 midterm election begins. Here’s what you need to know.

May 15, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

Illinois voters can start casting their ballots for governor, attorney general and Congress, among other offices, even though candidates still have more than five weeks of nonstop campaigning before the...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza gives a speech to the City Club of Chicago at Maggiano's Banquets in Chicago on Sept. 5, 2018. Mendoza is part of a panel of Democratic women formed in February following harassment allegations and set to release a report Sept. 26, 2018.

Political parties should push anti-harassment policies to help overcome Illinois’ ‘old boys club culture,’ panel says

May 15, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

Political parties should withhold funding from campaigns that don’t adopt anti-harassment policies, and party leaders should work harder to elect more women to overcome an “old boys club culture” in...

From left, NBC 5 Political Editor Carol Marin, Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, candidate Kash Jackson, and candidate State Sen. Sam McCann attend a televised debate in the NBC studios Thursday Sept. 20, 2018.

Barbs fly between Rauner and Pritzker in first TV debate of governor’s race

May 15, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

A bitter race for Illinois governor that has played out in TV attack ads for more than 16 months carried over to the debate stage Thursday as Republican Gov. Bruce...

House Speaker Michael Madigan, shown in January 2018, said in an op-ed published Sept. 19, 2018, that he "didn't do enough" to ensure people could report sexual harassment at the Illinois Capitol,

Speaker Michael Madigan writes he ‘didn’t do enough’ to address sexual harassment

May 15, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan wrote he “didn’t do enough” to ensure people could report sexual harassment at the Illinois Capitol, where complaints continue to cloud state politics. “I have...

Candidates for Illinois comptroller, Claire Ball, from left, incumbent Susana Mendoza and Darlene Senger meet with the baiduhai Editorial Board on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018.

Republican challenger accuses Democratic comptroller Susana Mendoza of ‘hedging’ on Chicago mayor question

May 15, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

Democratic Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza stuck to her script Wednesday that she's focusing on her re-election and not a run for Chicago mayor as Republican challenger Darlene Senger pressured her...

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, shown Sept. 6, 2018, while waiting to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing, has been accused of sexual assault at a party in the 1980s when he and his accuser both were teenagers.

Gov. Bruce Rauner says assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh ‘should disqualify him’ if founded

May 15, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

Sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, “should disqualify him” if they’re founded, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Tuesday. “Those allegations are very serious, very serious,”...

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks with SWD Inc. worker Kevin Martin, left, while touring the company on Sept. 18, 2018, in Addison. Rauner held a press conference announcing an endorsement by a group of Illinois business leaders.

Gov. Bruce Rauner nets endorsement from business groups, assails J.B. Pritzker on tax plan

May 15, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

A group of Illinois business leaders got behind Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday, saying his Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker wants to raise taxes and the minimum wage. Rauner said...

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