UPDATED One of the state's most prominent Republicans is throwing his weight behind a candidate in the crowded GOP gubernatorial primary. Former Gov...
Bill Sweetland | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago
Get rid of the college admissions essay. We'll thwart those odious helicopter parents. We know they're helping their pampered offspring cheat their way into Princeton.
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 02.20.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Both times Rod Blagojevich was elected governor, it was as if he'd run against the same opponent: the legacy of a corrupt former gover...
Chicago Public Radio | Cate Cahan | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago
Illinois legislative leaders are gathering in Springfield today, with their eyes on the future. That could include plans for a special election to fil...
The Huffington Post | Seth Maxon | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago
Illinois politicians moved quickly to repudiate Governor Rod Blagojevich after his arrest early Tuesday on federal corruption charges. Lt. Gov. Pat Q...
The State-Journal Register | Bernard Schoenburg | Posted 12.21.2008 | Chicago
Former U.S. Commerce Secretary Bill Daley could become more of a fixture at the Statehouse if he makes a run for governor in 2010. But he wasn't sayi...
Associated Press | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago
Former Governor Jim Edgar says the future of the national Republican Party is threatened by its loss of support in the Hispanic community. Edgar also...
SouthtownStar | Kristen McQueary | Posted 11.27.2008 | Chicago
T here they stood, like an old Archie and Edith. Gov. Jim Edgar and his 1992 gubernatorial opponent, Dawn Clark Netsch, side by side in the Thompson C...
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago