Axelrod: 'I Thought Lisa [Madigan] Would Give Us The Best Shot' Of Keeping Obama's Senate Seat
CHICAGO — The White House and Illinois Democrats said Tuesday that their bid to hold on to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat won't be eas...
CHICAGO — The White House and Illinois Democrats said Tuesday that their bid to hold on to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat won't be eas...
Mike Elk | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business
Democratic Congresswoman Melissa Bean is earning the title of Wall Street's favorite Democrat. The leader in the New Democrat Coalition has pocketed almost $2.2 million from the banking and financial services interests.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan pushed back against her fellow Democrat, Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.), on Wednesday, sending a letter (PDF) oppos...
Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago
Illinois Republicans have found a candidate to challenge Lisa Madigan for attorney general. Steve Kim, a Northbrook businessman, declared his candida...
Henry Henderson | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago
Filing a lawsuit against the folks responsible for filth-spewing, coal-burning relics in Chicago's Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods.
Chicago Tribune | Michael Hawthorne | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago
From the outside, the power plant that towers above Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood looks like a sooty relic from the early part of the last century....
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 09.21.2009 | Chicago
It's been a rough week for the Democrats hoping to take over President Obama's former Senate seat from retiring incumbent Roland Burris. First, a Ras...
State Journal-Register | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a rewrite of the state's open-records law that will allow courts to fine public bodies that violate it "willfully...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago
DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett is dropping his campaign for Illinois Attorney General, saying that a race against incumbent Lisa Madigan w...
AP | Posted 08.31.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- The state of Illinois is suing one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders for allegedly discriminating against black and Latino home...
Sarah Granger | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living
I recently read the book Womenomics, which focuses on how women can take charge in the workplace and negotiate for intangibles that we need to balance our busy lives.
Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago
(SCROLL DOWN FOR SLIDESHOW) Saying that his office is overwhelmed having assumed virtual responsibility for managing Burr Oak Cemetery, Cook County S...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago
Republican Attorney General Candidate Joe Birkett appears to be reconsidering his plans following Lisa Madigan's unexpected decision to bypass running...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago
HINSDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Republican Kirk Dillard launched his campaign for Illinois governor on Wednesday just as a leading potential Democratic contend...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS and DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Wednesday that she's running for re-election instead of seeking higher office, a surp...
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...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Urban League chief Cheryle Jackson is forming a U.S. Senate exploratory committee -- the last formal step before actually announcing her candi...
STLtoday | Bill Lambrecht | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel danced (he was a ballet dancer, you know) around a reporter's question at breakfast this morning of whether Ba...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.19.2009 | Chicago
News of a White House meeting between Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and President Obama fueled speculation that the administration is trying ...
AP | Posted 07.18.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- A spokeswoman for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the Democrat met with President Barack Obama and several of his senior a...
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...
AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 07.10.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- The state of Illinois filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Chicago suburb for allegedly drawing drinking water from a contaminated well f...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 07.05.2009 | Chicago
[T]he national Republican Party is up to something at City Hall, where it has formally asked dozens of city departments to turn over copies of any com...
AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Just two weeks before his arrest on corruption charges, then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich floated a plan to nominate to the U.S. Senate the da...
Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke | Posted 06.29.2009 | Chicago
Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan has opened an investigation into the "transaction and implementation" of Chicago's parking meter privatization ...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago