Confirmed coronavirus cases in Illinois numbered 25,733 as of April 17, with the total number of deaths linked to the virus reaching 1,072, according to data from the state Department of Public Health (IDPH).Chicago (6,648 cases) and Cook County (4,767 cases) posted the highest numbers statewide.
Illinois state Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) insists that all the details about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed progressive income tax that Democrats have shared publicly thus far are meant to deceive.
Continuing her tour of Illinois, Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is stopping in Downers Grove on Monday night to attend a private campaign fundraiser being hosted by several influential powerhouses.
Illinois’ premier education funding reform measure, Senate Bill 1, died in the General Assembly on Aug. 28 as a new compromise bill, SB1947, replaced it and passed in Springfield.
An evidence-based school funding model like Senate Bill 1 has won the support of many Democrats and Republicans, but Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is not among their number.
Racism and white supremacists are not welcome in Illinois in any shape or form, Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) said on Wednesday in joining his House colleagues' condemnation of hate groups such as neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan.
Reps. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) and Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) took House Democrats to task on Wednesday for calling a vote on an amendment to SB1947, a bill addressing chronic school absenteeism, rather than taking up the state's public education measure, Senate Bill 1.
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) attacked Democrats on Wednesday for in effect forcing Gov. Bruce Rauner to call a second special legislative session this summer, this time to deal with education funding.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock, who runs the blog “MishTalk.com,” believes imposing more taxes on Illinoisans with the biggest pensions can solve the pension crisis.
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office has lost or terminated 21 staffers in the wake of the passage of a contentious budget plan and an unpopular tax hike on July 6, which many saw as a major political defeat for Rauner and many GOP lawmakers.
Gov. Bruce Rauner recently added several key communication personnel to his team, further shaking up his staff following a major political defeat when the Illinois General Assembly overrode his vetoes on a budget and spending plan.
Two years of legislative hard work and negotiations on a state budget ended in failure, Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) suggested recently.
Illinois has its first budget in more than two years after the House voted on Thursday to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes of three contentious bills that made it through both chambers in a special extended session.
The Statehouse was on security lockdown earlier today after a substance was allegedly thrown at Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office, as well as the Lt. governor's office and the House gallery. Rauner was not in the building at the time of the threat.