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Chicago Tribune
March 30, 2018
Litesa Wallace waves after being thanked by her gubernatorial running mate, Daniel Biss, during Biss' concession speech in the Illinois primary election on ... as party chairman over his handling of sexual harassment allegations against one political lieutenant and reports of abusive behavior by another.
Belleville News-Democrat
March 30, 2018
Part of the problem with Illinois' political giving is that it gives unlimited donation rights to a party or to a candidate's relative but not to Joe Average, the study found. Illinois is unique in removing contribution limits when an independent group dumps big bucks into a campaign or when you are facing a richÃÂ ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
March 30, 2018
A plan to close the wage gap between men and women swept through the Illinois Legislature last year, but it met the veto of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Now, the measure is back — but with some competition. Rep. Anna Moeller has introduced legislation mirroring last year's bill that would forbidÃÂ ...
The Economist
March 22, 2018
Wealthy candidates also prevailed in many of the primary races for Illinois's 18 congressional seats and other positions, held on the same day. High-level politics is increasingly a game for wealthy people. Roll Call, a political newspaper owned by The Economist Group, calculates that America's senatorsÃÂ ...
MyWebTimes.com
March 21, 2018
You and I have an opportunity, right now, to help reshape Illinois politics. The issue ... Thus, “gerrymander,” a term that lives in political infamy. Drawing ... At the bottom of the Illinois State Board of Elections homepage (http://www.elections.il.gov), find District/Official Search and follow the easy directions. 2.
New York Times
March 20, 2018
Daniel Lipinski, a Democrat, has represented the district in Congress since 2005, and before that it was represented by his father, Bill Lipinski, since 1993. The main political battle in the district this year has been a Democratic primary between Representative Lipinski and a progressive challenger, MarieÃÂ ...
ProPublica
March 6, 2018
When it comes to politics, there's nowhere like Illinois. Throughout the election season, ProPublica Illinois reporter and political junkie Mick Dumke will analyze the state's political issues and personalities in this occasional column. Republican governor hopeful Jeanne Ives was on her way to a recentÃÂ ...
Deadline
March 5, 2018
Ruckman was a professor at Northern Illinois University and Rock Valley College and an expert on presidential pardons. He was a regular guest on outlets such as MSNBC and National Public Radio, making the rounds in recent months to offer his analysis of President Donald Trump's pardon of JoeÃÂ ...
Chicago Sun-Times
March 5, 2018
Judging by the numbers, Illinois may be closer than any other state to becoming a plutocracy — government by the wealthy. A Chicago Sun-Times analysis found that more than 25.9 percent of the money contributed to Illinois political campaigns in the past two years has come from the pockets of four men:ÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
March 3, 2018
Madigan has been harshly criticized for his indifferent handling of sexual harassment allegations against his Democratic political aides and allies. And many of those who keep calling for a truly “independent” investigation somehow keep forgetting that job should be done by the Illinois attorney general.
New York Magazine
February 26, 2018
A dense cloud of negative vibes hangs over Illinois politics, much of it attributable to a long period of gridlock between Rauner and a Democratic-controlled legislature in which a constitutionally required budget was not enacted for more than two years. Finally, after the state's bonds were in danger of beingÃÂ ...
STLtoday.com
February 21, 2018
If you care about the Illinois governor's race — or even if you're just looking for 20 minutes of political entertainment — I suggest visiting the recordings online at bit.ly/2Cz9ZUp and trib.in/2nIhSBo. But first, prepare yourself by remembering that real politics is always much grittier than civics-class politics.
The Hill
February 17, 2018
Illinois's most powerful politician is on the defensive after firing one of his top political advisers over complaints the aide sexually harassed a young woman for months. The scandal is offering a window into how the still-evolving #MeToo movement is tearing through state legislatures across the country.
Chicago Tribune
February 16, 2018
Today, Illinoisans find the most powerful politician in state history was born and bred in the "Chicago machine," a system of patronage and political privilege from a bygone era. House Speaker Mike Madigan , of course, is at the very least a mighty bystander in Illinois' downfall, if not a primary cause. But thatÃÂ ...
Kankakee Daily Journal
December 31, 1999
The issue is redistricting of state legislative and congressional districts in Illinois. ... Thus, “gerrymander,” a term that lives in political infamy. ... Jim Nowlan is a former Illinois legislator and aide to three unindicted governors, and he is the lead author of “Illinois Politics: A Citizen's Guide” (University of IllinoisÃÂ ...
Quad-Cities Online
December 31, 1999
Thus, “gerrymander,” a term that lives in political infamy. Drawing districts has always been about benefiting those who draw the maps. Starting with the U.S. Supreme Court case of Baker v. Carr (1962) and many since, states have been required to draw districts that are equal in population, and in oneÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
December 31, 1999
Democratic governor candidate Chris Kennedy on Thursday night accused opponent J.B. Pritzker of using “the language of racists” and not political leaders ... Pritzker has spent recent weeks reaching out to the African-American community, a powerful voting demographic in Illinois Democratic politics,ÃÂ ...
Herald & Review
February 24, 2018
Agriculture Director Raymond Poe, left, State Fair manager Kevin Gordon and Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Claudia VanOpdorp inspect the 2017 Butter Cow during its unveiling in the Dairy Building at the State Fairgrounds on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, in Springfield. Sarah and Andy Pratt of West DesÃÂ ...
News One
February 24, 2018
Rauner's display of his tone deaf ignorance to how racism actually works was just the latest in a recent disturbing and dizzying trend among political candidates in Illinois seeking election this year. He stood on stage with Hyatt Hotels diversity and inclusion executive Tyronne Stoudemire, a Black man whoÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
February 24, 2018
Gun politics in Illinois often splits along regional divides in addition to partisan ones. ... veteran speaker has been under fire in recent weeks for his handling of sexual harassment and bullying complaints lodged against two of his top political workers, who have since left Madigan's campaign organizations.
Chicago Tribune
February 22, 2018
Illinois voters could get a say whether the state should legalize recreational marijuana if lawmakers decide to put the question on November ballots. A state Senate committee advanced the idea on Wednesday, but a ballot question would be non-binding. That means it would work like a statewide publicÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
February 22, 2018
Democratic candidates for Illinois governor, from left, Daniel Biss, J.B. Pritzker and Chris Kennedy meet with the Chicago Tribune editorial board on Jan. 19, 2018. ... Pritzker countered that Biss owed his political career to Madigan and the campaign money the speaker provided Biss to win a legislative seat.
Chicago Tribune
February 22, 2018
It's proper that House Speaker Michael Madigan acknowledges his failure to be a leader in the fight against sexual harassment and bullying in Illinois government and politics. It's also stunning, given his clenched grip on power and his reluctance to take responsibility for the state of this state. We can'tÃÂ ...
STLtoday.com
February 22, 2018
Just when you thought Rod Blagojevich had been relegated not only to federal prison but to the history books, the disgraced former governor is back in Illinois politics in a big way. It's not the 2018 version, whose youthful dark mop-top is now gray, given the aging effects of incarceration and the scarcity ofÃÂ ...
Chicago Daily Herald
February 21, 2018
This election cycle, his campaign has received $1,000 from a political action committee fighting against gun violence that bears the name of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat critically wounded in a shooting in 2011. Illinois' other Republican congressional representatives alsoÃÂ ...
Madison County Record
February 21, 2018
Today, Illinoisans find the most powerful politician in state history was born and bred in the “Chicago machine,” a system of patronage and political privilege from a bygone era. House Speaker Mike Madigan, of course, is at the very least a mighty bystander in Illinois' downfall, if not a primary cause. But thatÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
February 20, 2018
On the Democratic side of the governor's race, Kennedy reached back to his iconic Massachusetts political family with a new half-minute ad that opens with a photo of his late father, Robert F. Kennedy, and President John F. Kennedy. The ad then shows his father working a campaign rope line beforeÃÂ ...
MyWebTimes.com
February 20, 2018
The Edgar ramp – the pension “reform” that in fact was a massive can-kicking exercise – is the namesake of a Republican governor. Some Republicans have been all too willing to block needed government consolidation efforts, because those overlapping local governments are sources of political power.
Chicago Tribune
February 15, 2018
The bright-red, smiley-faced heart is a lot more cuddly looking than other mascots that have popped up in Illinois politics, like the 2014 Rauner campaign's Quinnochio, a grown man with a sparse beard dressed like a boy puppet. *Quick spin: Rauner ordered flags lowered to half-staff in Bauer's honor.
Chicago Tribune
February 15, 2018
Left at the end of the day is a budget proposal that serves primarily as a political document designed to blunt criticism that he's failed to produce realistic ... Some conservative legislators view Rauner as having bungled the record two-year budget impasse, driving Illinois deeper into debt while ultimatelyÃÂ ...
Illinois Policy
February 15, 2018
House Speaker Mike Madigan, of course, is at the very least a mighty bystander in Illinois' downfall, if not a primary cause. But that doesn't mean Illinois Republicans ... The policy choices that have dragged down the state are the result of years of bipartisan, transactional politics. “State pensions are bustedÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
February 14, 2018
"Our politics is the place where we try to make this incredible machinery work, where we come together to settle our differences and solve big problems, do big things together that we could not possibly do alone." Those snapping photos included Rep. Juliana Stratton of Chicago and Rep. Litesa Wallace ofÃÂ ...
STLtoday.com
February 14, 2018
This year's real Illinois political argument — heck, every year's Illinois political argument — will be over state spending, property tax relief and debt retirement. Republicans, such as Gov. Bruce Rauner, argue that high Illinois taxes are strangling commerce and feeding the exodus. They argue that a betterÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
February 12, 2018
Hampton's case emerges as the second high-profile case involving allegations of sexual harassment in Illinois politics since October, when an open letter signed by more than 200 people from the Illinois political scene went public. That letter was inspired by the #MeToo social media campaign in responseÃÂ ...
The Atlantic
February 8, 2018
Two of his primary political goals include ending America's wars in the Middle East, which he says primarily serve the interests of Israel, and cracking down ... Republicans, said Christopher Mooney, the W. Russell Arrington Professor of State Politics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, should have beenÃÂ ...
Politico
February 4, 2018
Then it taps just about every conservative bogeyman in Illinois politics, and every lightning-rod cultural issue. “Thank you, for signing ... and diverse state. She should pull down the ad and immediately apologize to the Illinoisans who were negatively portrayed in a cowardly attempt to stoke political division.”.
CBS Chicago
February 1, 2018
(CBS) – A new book titled “No, My Place” outlines allegations of sex harassment recounted by some of the most powerful women in Illinois government. The subjects include two of the state's highest-ranking lawyers: Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
Chicago Tribune
December 31, 1999
Today, Illinoisans find the most powerful politician in state history was born and bred in the "Chicago machine," a system of patronage and political privilege from a bygone era. House Speaker Mike Madigan , of course, is at the very least a mighty bystander in Illinois' downfall, if not a primary cause. But thatÃÂ ...
The Hill
December 31, 1999
Illinois's most powerful politician is on the defensive after firing one of his top political advisers over complaints the aide sexually harassed a young woman for months. The scandal is offering a window into how the still-evolving #MeToo movement is tearing through state legislatures across the country.
Danville Commercial News
November 25, 2017
Yet, in Illinois, it's a political fight that takes legislators away from actual issues. This non-issue fight does nothing to further anyone's agenda.
NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS
November 24, 2017
Rep. Jeanne Ives continues her campaign to deny Gov. Bruce Rauner renomination as the Republican candidate for governor — a race in ...
STLtoday.com
November 24, 2017
Rauner was a venture capitalist with no political experience when he ... have escalated, more and more candidates are jumping into politics ...
St. Louis Public Radio
November 22, 2017
Similar questions are being asked here in Illinois, where Facebook has ... “I hear from people who are flabbergasted about the role of money in politics. ... Brune, with the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, said she'd ...
NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS
November 20, 2017
Lots of families fight over politics at the holiday table. ... In an era when what we eat can be considered a political or ethical statement, and ...
Chicago Tribune
November 20, 2017
Divided vote keeps Illinois in Crosscheck voter database ... involving Illinois voters' personal information, but there are also political considerations. ... of voting list maintenance has gotten entangled” with Washington politics.
WVIK
November 20, 2017
Similar questions are being asked here in Illinois, where Facebook has ... “I hear from people who are flabbergasted about the role of money in politics. ... Brune, with the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, said she'd ...
Illinois News Network
November 18, 2017
Voter crosscheck, the program that allows states to see if voters are registered in other states, has become controversial because President ...
Crain's Chicago Business
November 17, 2017
Once upon a time in Illinois politics, you could always count on the regular Democratic Party, aka "the Machine," to put its pinkie rings on the ...
Chicago Tribune
November 17, 2017
... going on in government and politics from Chicago to Springfield. ... Rauner will attend a National Apprenticeship Week in Illinois event at the ...
STLtoday.com
November 16, 2017
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois election officials say they'll review security questions raised about a multi-state voter registration database next week.
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