Springfield News
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Cook County Appellate Court Justice Jesse Reyes, left, and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Joy Cunningham, right, are running for the First District Supreme Court seat. [Reyes Campaign & Illinois Supreme Court]
Some Illinois voters will have a state Supreme Court race on their ballot in 2024 that won’t determine the partisan makeup of the court but is a key opportunity for Latinos to get their first seat on the state’s high court.
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JUN 02, 2023
Senate Minority Leader John Curran (R-Downers Grove) speaks on the Senate floor on May 25. [Blue Room Stream]
The long-term future of the Invest in Kids scholarship has grown more uncertain after lawmakers passed the Fiscal Year 2024 budget without including an extension of a tax credit that has been a controversial piece to the program since 2017.
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JUN 01, 2023
Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the University of Illinois Springfield on Wednesday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Days after getting approved by the General Assembly, Gov. JB Pritzker began a tour around Illinois to rally support for his budget starting with the budget’s investments in education.
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MAY 31, 2023
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House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) and House Speaker Chris Welch (D-Hillside) deliver closing statements to the House on Saturday morning. [Blue Room Steam]
Bipartisanship looks different in both chambers of the General Assembly even as Democrats have a super majority in each, according to speeches the four legislative leaders gave last week to close out the spring session
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MAY 30, 2023
House Republicans sat a stack of over 3,000 papers on their desk Saturday to represent the proposed budget. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
A $50 billion-plus budget for Fiscal Year 2024 is on its way to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk after the House voted 73-38 around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday.
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MAY 30, 2023
Rep. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) speaks on the House floor Thursday. [Blue Room Stream]
The General Assembly approved a wide-ranging bill this week on election reform that includes a change that could see voters selecting nominees for president in a different way starting in 2028.
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MAY 26, 2023
Sen. Elgie Sims (D-Chicago) presents the Fiscal Year 2024 budget to the Senate Thursday night. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
The Senate advanced the state budget Thursday a day after the two Democratic caucuses and Gov. JB Pritzker reached a deal on Fiscal Year 2024 spending, but vetting of the proposal by House Democrats kept it from passing as planned Wednesday.
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MAY 26, 2023
A drawing shows the second proposal for Chicago school board districts. [Senate Democrats]
State lawmakers are punting drawing maps for the elected Chicago school board until next year as a part of an amendment to an elections bill that passed the General Assembly Thursday.
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The Illinois Supreme Court in Springfield.
After Republicans have lined up in their local courtrooms in front of Republican judges and received favorable lower court rulings on controversial cases, Democrats have advanced a bill to the governor’s desk that would only allow constitutional cases to start in two counties.
