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Miller: Something has changed in the Democratic caucus

June 8, 2018 at 11:38 p.m.

On election night, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan started making his usual post-election calls to his Democratic members asking for their support for his own reelection as speaker. But at...

Miller: Don’t believe House Democrats spin that last week’s losses weren’t big deal

June 9, 2018 at 1:38 a.m.

There's been a lot of spin from the Illinois House Democrats about how Nov. 8's losses were not that big of a deal. Don't believe it. During the national Republican...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump flanked by members of his family speaks to supporters during election night at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on November 9, 2016. Trump won the U.S. presidency.

Trump magnifies glass-half-empty economy to sway castoff workers

June 9, 2018 at 3:54 a.m.

Donald Trump's dark views of a crumbling U.S. economy resonated with an overlooked part of the electorate. Making it great again may prove easier to promise than deliver. Tapping into...

Miller: Poorly photoshopped nude picture of candidate

June 9, 2018 at 3:58 a.m.

The innocuous-looking mailer began arriving last Wednesday. Whoever sent it, used plain, manila envelopes with first class postage. Usually campaign use bulk mail, but those have permit numbers, making them...

Miller: It might be easier to count candidates who aren’t running broadcast ads

June 9, 2018 at 5:46 a.m.

During any given campaign season, one or maybe two state legislative campaigns wind up running ads on Chicago broadcast television stations. But in the age of Gov. Bruce Rauner's gigantic...

Donald Trump speaks at a rally Oct. 22, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Miller: Trump not cooperating with Rauner’s best laid plans

June 9, 2018 at 8:09 a.m.

Democratic House candidate John Bartman was appointed to the ballot in July when Rep. Jack Franks (D-Marengo) dropped out of the race to run for McHenry County Board chairman. Bartman...

Miller: Presidential candidates set the turnout

June 9, 2018 at 9:54 a.m.

Presidential candidates set the turnout. That's the race voters care about the most by far, so everybody else who's running down-ballot essentially has to work within the structure of that...

Miller: GOP wants to give Dems a taste of their own medicine

May 21, 2019 at 7:51 p.m.

A harsh new TV ad slams Rep. John Bradley (D-Marion) for supporting a convicted sex offender. It's described by the Republicans as a form of payback for all the sex...

Miller: ISBE reportedly mulls whether to settle civil rights lawsuit

June 9, 2018 at 1:16 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner attended a meeting last month of his "Cabinet on Children & Youth," but it's not known if he pulled aside one of its members, state Superintendent of...

Gov. Bruce Rauner wouldn't talk about the fall of his former ally state Rep. Ron Sandack during a news conference in Springfield on Sept. 19, 2016.

Rauner’s approach seems awfully familiar

June 12, 2018 at 11:32 a.m.

Since his inauguration, Gov. Bruce Rauner has consciously aped Washington, D.C.'s notoriously noxious battle to "win" the daily media spin cycle. The Republican has a set base of talking points...

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