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Heavily redacted police report offers few details on lawmaker’s resignation

May 15, 2019 at 3:48 p.m.

Downers Grove police on Tuesday released a heavily redacted police report that sheds little light on the investigation prompted by a suburban Republican lawmaker who said he quit in part...

State Rep. Ron Sandack, left, R-Downers Grove, has resigned, saying politics has become "too ugly."

Rauner ally chalks up abrupt resignation as politics getting ‘too ugly’

May 15, 2019 at 3:47 p.m.

A suburban Republican lawmaker known for throwing plenty of verbal jabs during the 18-month stalemate at the Capitol said Monday that he abruptly resigned because politics is getting "too ugly."...

Rep. Ron Sandack, R-Downers Grove, poses a question while debating bills to pass a temporary budget in the Illinois House on June 30, 2016.

Suburban lawmaker abruptly resigns, citing hacked social media accounts

May 15, 2019 at 3:47 p.m.

A top ally of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner abruptly resigned from the Illinois House on Sunday, citing "cyber security issues" that also prompted him to delete his social media accounts....

Law enforcement officers take protesters into custody July 20, 2016, in Cleveland during the third day of the Republican convention.

Trump cites Chicago gun violence in speech

August 21, 2019 at 7:19 p.m.

Donald Trump faulted President Barack Obama for failing the nation's inner cities and cited Chicago's history of gun violence as an example of that as he accepted the Republican nomination...

Illinois delegate Christian Gramm, left, and other delegates react as some call for a roll call vote on the adoption of the rules during first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016.

Illinois Republicans to leave Cleveland lacking unity

May 15, 2019 at 3:46 p.m.

Illinois Republican national committeeman Richard Porter stood before the state's delegation at breakfast Thursday and proclaimed that the booing of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for refusing to endorse presidential nominee...

Illinois delegation told Trump’s build-a-wall vow is ‘code’ for fixing immigration

May 15, 2019 at 3:46 p.m.

Veteran California Congressman Darrell Issa told Illinois' Republican convention delegates Wednesday that presidential nominee Donald Trump's promise to build a wall on the Mexico border to curb illegal immigration was...

Former Trump top aide calls for ‘accountability’ on Melania Trump speech

May 15, 2019 at 3:46 p.m.

Before speaking to the Illinois Republican delegation on Tuesday, Donald Trump's former campaign manager said someone should be held "accountable" over passages in Melania Trump's speech that appeared to be...

Kasich takes backhanded shot at Trump in speech to Illinois convention delegates

August 21, 2019 at 7:15 p.m.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday told Illinois delegates to the Republican National Convention that the GOP should grow the party by promoting an "inclusive reform agenda" — a backhanded...

Illinois Republicans seek unity at first GOP convention breakfast in Cleveland

May 15, 2019 at 3:45 p.m.

Illinois Republicans kicked off the first day of the Republican National Convention searching for unity, demonizing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan as...

Stopgap budget failing to erase damage of state impasse

May 15, 2019 at 3:45 p.m.

The ink wasn't even dry on a partial budget to keep government running through year's end when most of the state's public universities saw their credit downgraded — a signal...

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