Jesse White

Jesse White Running For Re-Election, Likely For Last Time

Chicago Public Radio | Amanda Vinicky | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago


Jesse White is making another, and possibly final, run for Illinois Secretary of State....

Texting While Driving Ban Becomes Official

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- College student Juan Ibarra hopes a new Illinois law banning text messaging while driving will help him kick the dangerous habit. "I ...

Lisa Madigan, Other State Officials Staying Mum On Tax Hike

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 07.10.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- As the governor and legislators struggle to balance the state budget, Illinois' other statewide elected officials are largel...

Pay To Play: New Man in Springfield

Elizabeth Brackett | Posted 06.28.2009 | Chicago


Elizabeth Brackett

Standing in the governor's office, toe to toe with Blagojevich, Jesse White fumed, "Governor, for whatever you think of [former governor] George Ryan... I've known him for thirty years. He never lied to me once. You've lied to me 15 times in six months."

Democratic Ticket Could Be Nearly All-White Without Burris, Stroger

Chicago Sun-Times | Mark Brown | Posted 04.10.2009 | Chicago


Without [Senator Roland] Burris or [Cook County President Todd] Stroger, Democrats run the risk of heading into the November 2010 election with only o...

Politics Gone Wild

Hermene Hartman | Posted 02.12.2009 | Chicago


Hermene Hartman

Our politicians are looking like lunatics at this hour and we, the people of Illinois, deserve better.

Illinois Supreme Court Rejects Burris On Senate Signature

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday that Roland Burris should not be seated in the U.S. Senate because he has failed to get the secretar...

Burris: White Says He Should've Signed Senate Appointment (VIDEO)

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago


"Roland Burris -- the senator-designate from Illinois -- said upon landing at Midway Airport Wednesday that Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White to...

White Doesn't Have To Sign Burris Appointment: Madigan

NBC Chicago | Posted 02.07.2009 | Chicago


Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says it's not his fault that Roland Burris was denied a senate seat yesterday. And his attorney agrees. Attor...

I Want To Play Poker With Harry Reid

Jane Hamsher | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics


Jane Hamsher

A seventy-one year old dude who hasn't held office for 14 years, appointed by a crook, has taken the Senate Majority Leader to the cleaners.

Secretary Of State Jesse White: Senate Made Me 'Fall Guy' In Burris Drama

Chicago Tribune | Posted 02.07.2009 | Chicago


Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White said this morning he has been made "the fall guy" by the U.S. Senate, which he said is using him as an excuse ...

Burris Takes Senate Seat Fight To Illinois Supreme Court

Chicago Tribune | Ray Long and John Chase | Posted 01.31.2009 | Chicago


Democrat Roland Burris went to the Illinois Supreme Court today to fight to be seated in the U.S. Senate. Burris, appointed by disgraced Gov. Rod Bla...

Illinois Secretary Of State's Refusal Of Burris Appointment May Only Be Symbolic

TPM | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 01.31.2009 | Chicago


A spokesman for Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White (D) confirmed to Election Central that White knows he does not truly have the authority to sto...

Illinois Secretary Of State Would Block Blagojevich Senate Pick

Pantagraph | Mike Riopell | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago


Secretary of State Jesse White said Monday he would block any appointment Gov. Rod Blagojevich's makes for the state's empty U.S. Senate seat, should ...

Court Rejects Anti-Abortion Plates

AP | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago


A federal appeals court says Illinois doesn't have to issue specialty license plates bearing the slogan "Choose Life" favored by anti-abortion forces....