Following Linda Chapa LaVia’s resignation as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs, a report faults her management and that of the director of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home, where 36 individuals died in a COVID-19 outbreak at the home.
Chicago businessman Willie Wilson, who has run for public office multiple times and, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, launched a third-party bid to challenge Sen. Dick Durbin for his U.S. Senate seat, is looking into lobbying activities by Durbin’s wife, Loretta, according to a news release by Wilson, published on the Capitol Fax website.
Federal prosecutors say Commonwealth Edison has agreed to pay a $200 million fine for its role in illegally steering “jobs, contracts and payments to people connected to Public Official A,” who is referenced in the U.S. Attorney's office statement as Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Illinois' top Republican says that based on the latest U.S. Attorney's office allegations that House Speaker Michael Madigan is "Public Official A" in a bribery scheme involving Commonwealth Edison, it's time for the speaker to step down.
In a recent "Tucker Carlson Tonight" segment posted to YouTube, Fox News personality Tucker Carlson took Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to task for being open to discussion about removing statues of George Washington, and for stating her opinion of President Donald Trump’s July 4 speech at Mt. Rushmore.
Members of the Hutsonville School District board gathered June 30 in a special meeting to discuss the possible litigation with the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Board of Education over the 63-page joint directive on how the 2020-21 school year should begin.
In a recent Illinois Supreme Court case, Justice Thomas Kilbride provided the lone dissenting vote in favor of the Fraternal Order of Police, drawing immediate criticism from Illinois GOP chairman Tim Schneider.
The Illinois Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. J.B. Pritzker on June 15, alleging that his ban on gatherings of more than 10 people is selective enforcement.
Illinois has one of the strictest schedules in the country to reopen businesses, public spaces, schools and religious institutions, leading critics to say it is time to reopen the state and get things moving again.
Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) is questioning the Black Lives Matter movement based on that fact that a disproportional rate of pregnancies for black women end in abortion.
Swimmers, including competitive high schoolers, are asking Gov. J.B. Pritzker to allow pools to reopen when the state shifts into Phase 3 of the Restore Illinois plan.
The Illinois Sheriffs' Association (ISA) has filed a suit against Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), alleging IDOC is refusing to accept transfers of parole violators or convicted individuals from jails across the state, according to a news release and Facebook post May 28.
Facing lawsuits from multiple churches and a deadline from the U.S. Supreme Court, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has agreed that churches and other houses of worship can reopen in Illinois.
A May 22 report by ProPublica Illinois and the Chicago Tribune sheds light on a vulnerable population that has been severely affected by the COVID-19 crisis, and it's not the nursing homes that have been receiving so much attention.
U.S. Pediatric medical clinics are going to see problems as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Dr. Nidhi Kukreja, a pediatrician practicing on the southwest side of Chicago.
After the Illinois State Police said via Twitter that they did not plan to issue any misdemeanors against individuals who violated Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order, the rule was withdrawn.
Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R- 66th District) has announced that he may launch an initiative to recall Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker if the governor does not take action to fix the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) website and allow residents to file unemployment claims.