Springfield News
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Just before the New Year, House GOP Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) transferred $100,000 from his own campaign account to the House Republican Organization on Dec. 31, rounding out a tough year for his party and his caucus. -
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Democrat JB Pritzker and Gov. Bruce Rauner face off in a Sun-Times editorial board debate on Oct. 9, 2018.
Gov. Bruce Rauner and JB Prizker did not agree on much during this year’s election.
But they both warned voters that the contest was the “most important election of [their] lifetime[s].” -
Between fewer births, a slight uptick in deaths and 114,154 Illinois residents leaving the state last year, the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday announced that Illinois had netted a loss of 45,116 people in 2018 — a figure greater even than the number of students enrolled at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Illinois cities with home rule powers and wealthier residents are doing better on funding pensions than their smaller, less rich neighbors, according to a new report out Friday from credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service, but Moody’s warned that few of Illinois’ municipal pension funds are ready to withstand another recession.
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Secretary of State Jesse White speaks to reporters outside of the Democratic Chairs' Breakfast in Springfield on Aug. 17, 2017.
Advocates for automatic voter registration in Illinois took the first step toward legal action against Secretary of State Jesse White Thursday, sending his office a letter alleging White’s office is again delaying full implementation of the law signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner last year, and incorrectly implementing the first phases of the measure.
Recommended legislative inspector general Carol Pope, left, and acting part-time legislative inspector general Julie Porter.
