Is Illinois Republican Governor Candidate Bill Brady a True Fiscal Conservative?
When Bill Brady's 2006 campaign expenses exceeded campaign income he borrowed, just like the State of Illinois has done to pay its bills. What's the difference?
When Bill Brady's 2006 campaign expenses exceeded campaign income he borrowed, just like the State of Illinois has done to pay its bills. What's the difference?
Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago
Even as the economy sputters and calls for tax hikes ring across the state, few apparently want to challenge incumbents in their own political party....
David Ormsby | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago
A few weeks ago, questions began to bubble on whether Hynes would or should drop out of the race against Quinn. The governor was on a roll. He was piling up union endorsements. No more.
David Ormsby | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago
If Hynes ultimately were to become governor and enact his plan, the entire Illinois governing class would be exempt from an Illinois income tax increase. Oops.
David Ormsby | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago
Will the White House attempt to show Gov. Pat Quinn the door à la David Paterson?
Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 10.18.2009 | Chicago
Political newcomer Kip Kirkpatrick, the co-founder of a private health-care equity firm, pulled the plug on his nascent bid for the Democratic nominat...
Marcel Pacatte | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago
No one in the race has the resume, experience or heft required of a U.S. Senator. In fact, the bench in Illinois is pretty weak right now, among both Democrats and Republicans.
Huffington Post | Posted 09.20.2009 | Chicago
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Andy McKenna abruptly resigned Thursday. "I reach this decision recognizing that I do not intend to seek re-electi...
NBC Chicago | Steve Rhodes | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago
Blame it on Pat Quinn: the job formerly known as Lieutenant Governor of Bored Out-of-My-Mindistan is suddenly drawing interest from a wide-range of po...
David Ormsby | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago
In his quest for a state Senate seat, gay rights activist Jim Madigan focuses his campaign fire against incumbent Sen. Heather Steans' vote to legalize video gaming.
Adlai Stevenson III | Posted 09.12.2009 | Chicago
Dan Hynes can restore the politics, little remembered, that made the Land of Lincoln a great state rather than an object of national mockery.
David Ormsby | Posted 08.31.2009 | Chicago
Perhaps Proft will be successful. After all, the Illinois governor's office has been a welcoming place for crackpots.
David Ormsby | Posted 08.27.2009 | Chicago
The endorsement is a huge plus for the freshman senator whose north lakefront district includes a heavy concentration of gay and lesbian voters. Madigan's climb to the state senate just got a little steeper.
David Ormsby | Posted 08.20.2009 | Chicago
Whatever the human services spending percentage may be, Quinn's real -- and thankless -- job is to cut the budget. A lot.
Lee Newspapers | Mike Riopell | Posted 08.10.2009 | Chicago
A group of Republicans in the Illinois House said Thursday that one of their plans to save the state money is eliminating Gov. Pat Quinn's former job...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.02.2009 | Chicago
DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett is making another bid for Illinois Attorney General. Birkett, a Republican, announced Thursday that he wil...
David Ormsby | Posted 08.01.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Quinn vetoed the only budget plan on the table. But that does not lessen the confusion, much of which the governor has bred.
Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE MCKINNEY | Posted 07.12.2009 | Chicago
Former House Speaker Lee Daniels is weighing a political comeback after a federal investigation into the misuse of state-paid House Republican staffer...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 07.05.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- An idea to raise the state income tax took a back seat when Gov. Pat Quinn and legislative leaders met Thursday to continue negotiatin...
Marcel Pacatte | Posted 06.28.2009 | Chicago
What the bunch in Springfield had better realize is that there are a lot more people lined up with reform than there are with the political status quo.
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Chicago
Illinois Sen. James Meeks told visiting Chicago aldermen not to come see him while they were in Springfield Wednesday, saying to the Windy City lawmak...
David Ormsby | Posted 06.27.2009 | Chicago
The Quinn episode exposed the inevitable collision between a reformer's principles and the practical politics of an election system that relies on private dough to finance the campaign beast.
David Ormsby | Posted 06.18.2009 | Chicago
Kwame Raoul introduced legislation for public financing two years ago. His predecessor, Barack Obama, sponsored the same legislation in 2005. What did Chicago newspapers editorialize at the time at the time on the Obama bill? Nothing.
Hermene Hartman | Posted 06.15.2009 | Chicago
The political landscape of Chicago and Illinois is destined to change in its black representation. Todd Stroger has been a disappointment. He should go home and not waste the public's time with another run.
Derrick K. Baker | Posted 06.14.2009 | Chicago
I've come to conclude that akin to the God complex that suits many law enforcement types is a certain gene that is part and parcel of how people who aspire to public office are wired.
David Ormsby | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago