The biggest problem with passing Gov. Pat Quinn’s tax hike and budget proposals is not that almost every Statehouse interest
group opposes them.
The Illinois Federation of Te
Republican State Sen. Bill Brady kicked off his new gubernatorial campaign the
other day by claiming that Illinois’ horrific budget deficit can be “managed.” But a new re
Can the votes of a handful of Chicago and Cook County residents change Illinois?
We are about to find out.
Winning 22 percent of the vote is not usually considered an overwhelming
mandate, bu
Every two years, the Illinois Republican Party tears itself apart over a piece
of legislation that supposedly would allow rank and file party members to have
more say in party affairs. Th
The nasty and brutish Statehouse war is officially over for everyone but House
Speaker Michael Madigan.
The House Republicans made a big stink last week. It was totally expected. T
Gov. Pat Quinn’s choice of Jerry Stermer as his new chief of staff tells us a lot about what’s going to happen soon.
As the head of the advocacy group Voices for Illinois Children f
The chickens are coming home to roost.
In fact, more chickens are on their way than we’ve ever seen before.
And they’re mad.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich spent years ign
Before Rod Blagojevich came along, Pat Quinn was often ridiculed as a
camera-hungry huckster with lots of ideas and little follow-through.
But after six years of Blagojevich’s
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich was all over the TV shows Monday saying that if people just
understood the “context” of his quotes on the FBI surveillance tapes, then they w