After Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) announced on Thursday that she’ll step down from her position and the Senate this week, Sen. Michael Connelly (R-Naperville) praised her for her leadership and effort to get beyond partisanship in the General Assembly.
Willowbrook Mayor Frank Trilla is among several local politicians whose names have surfaced as a possible candidate to fill the state Senate District 41 seat recently vacated by Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont).
Chicago's taxi cab cartel donated $180,750 to 61 state legislators in 2014-15, including then-Senate GOP Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) and Rep. Deborah Conroy (D-Elmhurst), encouraging them to help preserve their traditional monopoly by banning ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft in Illinois.