A political reporter recently said on a Chicago radio show that the results of Nov. 8 elections in several states were mostly in line with history — but still contained some lessons for Republicans to learn from.
The chances of embattled Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore leaving the Alabama race are slim to none, according to David Drucker, senior political correspondent for the Washington Examiner.
"Professionals, not politicians, should be the fiduciaries of pension funds and other state funds,” Mary Pat Campbell, insurance industry researcher at Conning Research, told Prairie State Wire.
The Better Government Association’s (BGA) Madeleine Doubek recently penned a scathing piece for the group’s website on Illinois lawmakers’ efforts to stem sexual harassment and other ethical breaches in the General Assembly.
A new website launched in by Citizens for Rauner, OurHomeOurFight.com, showcases Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's agenda for his second term in office, which he plans to win in next year's election.
Grundy County State’s Attorney Jason Helland says he just can't stay in Grundy County when he knows Illinois needs him in the secretary of state's office.
Faisal Khan thinks the next Illinois attorney general should mark their tenure by vowing to be different from virtually every other politician in the state.
Any good teacher will notice that the student most behind on assignments usually is the one struggling the most, and the same seems to be true of states with Illinois governmental units tardy in their financial reports.
Illinois issued $750 million worth of general obligation bonds this week at an all-in borrowing cost of 4.29 percent, according to a Nov. 29 release from the state.
The Republican members of the Illinois congressional delegation recently penned a response to criticisms of the House tax reform bill from Democrat Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, according to a release.
Illinois’ unpaid vendor debt dipped to $9,114,388,473.74 as of Nov. 29, after the state recently issued $6 billion worth of general obligation bonds toward the state’s once record-setting debt.
Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Foundation, relishes the prospect of worker unions having to rebrand themselves as the right-to-work debate legally plays out.
A slate of conservative candidates running for Illinois public offices will be on hand Thursday during a Republican candidate forum co-hosted by the Northwest Side GOP Club and the Republicans of Maine Township.
In the end, Steve Malanga thinks Chicago’s deeply mired debt crisis may be too steep for the city to dig itself out of to be seriously considered Amazon’s desired “utopia” destination.
Trade and leverage will be two big issues between the United States and China going forward, a Fox News Radio reporter said recently on a Chicago radio show.
Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino has yet to pay a $5,000 fine slapped against his now-defunct state House campaign committee in May by the State Board of Elections.
“Background checks are not any type of miracle," Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of the novel “More Guns, Less Crime,” said during a recent appearance on the "Chicago's Morning Answer" radio show on WIND.
Gov. Bruce Rauner recently applauded the General Assembly for passing legislation to address mounting concerns over sexual harassment and the handling of sexual harassment complaints in Springfield, a release from his office said.