Articles filed under Politics
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Why Democrats might redraw Illinois Supreme Court district mapsMay 24, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Drawing new district lines for state and federal elections is the main focus for lawmakers when they begin the redistricting process every 10 years. But Il...
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McHenry County Board to move ahead with public hearing on redistricting proposalMay 24, 2021 1:00 am - The McHenry County Board last week decided it will move ahead with gathering public input on the redrawing of the county board's map. It is a process required by the sta...
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Senate Republicans call for Prisoner Review Board appointees to testifyMay 24, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republican senators on Monday raised concerns about four Prisoner Review Board members who have continued to serve for almost two years despite not being c...
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Time running out to improve nursing care for Illinois seniorsMay 24, 2021 1:00 am - The central Illinois man with intellectual disabilities who died from social isolation, because his family could not visit him in person or virtually from overly restric...
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Newly proposed Illinois legislative maps already being blasted as inaccurate, unfairMay 22, 2021 1:00 am - Newly proposed legislative maps that were drawn by the General Assembly's Democratic majority and that would shape the state House and state Senate for the next decade a...
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Investing in local solar can help Illinois meet clean energy targets and save ratepayers moneyMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois is poised to make far-reaching decisions about how we power our homes and businesses with clean energy. State leaders have been debating for more than two year...
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No rush to go back to workMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - When I was 14, my father, who'd pretty clearly had a few drinks, came home and told me he had great good news. "I got you a job," he said. It was a dishwashing job. It p...
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New marijuana licensing bill heads to House floorMay 20, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill aimed at allowing more people from distressed communities to get into the lucrative recreational marijuana business is on its way to the House floor...
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Auditor general's campaign committee violated election law, court findsMay 20, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The campaign committee of former state Rep. Frank Mautino, who is now the Illinois auditor general, violated state law when it spent campaign funds on gas ...
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New social studies guidelines can help us learn to thrive togetherMay 20, 2021 1:00 am - How should we live together? In this time of intensifying partisan polarization, this is a core question facing our social studies teachers as they educate Illinois' fut...