Former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan deferred to her father, powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) and the Democratic Party by not going after Gov. Rod Blagojevich a decade ago, a Wheatland Township Board trustee said during a recent interview.

Former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan could have done far more to root out public corruption, including going after Gov. Rod Blagojevich a decade ago, a prominent Kendall County Republican said during a recent interview.

The resignation earlier this week of longtime Illinois House Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) is a part of "bipartisan corruption" throughout the state that Illinoisans can do nothing about but flee, a well-known conservative radio talk show caller said during a recent interview.

Springfield lawmakers are being pressured to add 20 to 30 cents to Illinois's gas tax, which could make it the highest fuel tax in the nation, a Chicago-based conservative think tank reported earlier this month.

Much maligned state Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), an ally of Illinois's powerful state House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), resigned from the General Assembly earlier today after 30 years, only six months after stepping down from a leadership position over a sexual harassment scandal.

Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.

A Chicago-based conservative think-tank that predicted the dire consequences following the 2017 income tax increase out of Springfield says the expected outcome has come to pass.

With Illinois Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker setting a deadline to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour, a data analyst for a research foundation warns such an increase would be bad for the state.

Illinois's "other debt disaster" is $73 billion in unfunded state retiree health insurance benefits and more than twice that amount owed over the next four decades, according to a special report issued this week by an online news outlet.

Illinois saw largely blue in Tuesday's election results, with Democrats taking offices for the governor, comptroller and attorney general, flipping two U.S. Congressional seats and fortifying a hold on the state House.

State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is calling on voters to replace Illinois' Senate delegation.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner urged a last-minute delay in the vote on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to advance the nomination to the full Senate.

Illinois Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) believes state lawmakers need to reject political pork spending that was hidden in the budget passed earlier this year.

Supporting a proposal to cut Illinois property taxes in half and a slate of political candidates who would help make that happen is part of Liberty Principles PAC's recently announced "Save Your Home" campaign.

Short-term health plan legislation that was sent to Gov. Bruce Rauner more than a month ago should be vetoed to protect middle-income Illinoisans, the founder of an independent insurance brokerage firm said.

A gun sanctuary advisory question won't be on November's ballot in Williamson County and the commissioner who resisted pressure from fellow Republicans to support the measure said he is waiting for the promised party retaliation.

It isn't clear whether the brick thrown through the front door of the Republicans of Wheeling Township (ROWT) headquarters in Arlington Heights the morning of July 4 was a hate crime, but concern that it was says something about the current lack of civil political discourse, a local GOP official said.

Wheeling Township Republicans are asking for information to be turned into local police concerning vandalism to the front of the party's headquarters in Arlington Heights over the Fourth of July.

Not only is Illinois' overall population in deep decline, the number of people in prime working age also is going down in the state, a Chicago-based Conservative think tank said in a recent report.

The Illinois State Board of Elections will again take up allegations against the state's embattled Auditor General Frank Mautino over more than $200,000 in possible illegal payments by his campaign committee following an appellate court opinion handed down earlier this week.