Upset victories in Aurora and Algonquin Township may indicate a possible trend of unseating incumbents in state level and municipal elections, co-hosts of a Chicago-based radio talk show said during a recent episode.
Sangamon and 23 other Illinois counties are violating federal voter registration laws, according to a conservative transparency group that compared Election Assistance Commission data and U.S. Census Bureau data to make its determination.
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful and self-described progressive J.B. Pritzker met with entrenched suburban Chicago officials and House Speaker Mike Madigan insiders recently, Chicago Sun Times writer Dan Mihalopoulos reported.
Gov. Bruce Rauner completed a 10-city tour of Illinois recently in an effort to promote budget solutions focused on balancing revenue and spending and reforming various state systems to encourage economic growth.
The one-year spending cap the Illinois Senate put in its “grand bargain” budget is a halfhearted, ineffective attempt at greater fiscal responsibility that panders to disgruntled taxpayers, a public policy group claims.