Springfield News
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Gov. JB Pritzker announced another round of appointments to his administration Thursday, bringing the group of publicized early picks to 33.
Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters in his ceremonial Springfield office on Jan. 14 — his first full day as governor. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
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Attorneys for House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) asked a federal judge on Thursday to keep the photographs taken during an inspection of Madigan’s political offices earlier this week sealed from public view.
House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) speaks with reporters on May 30, 2014. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
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With the General Assembly back in session, there was action across the Capitol on a host of issues — as the revelation that House Speaker Mike Madigan was caught on tape by the FBI was the topic of the day. House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) speaks with reporters on May 30, 2014. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday said he supports Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s effort to review the 81-month sentence handed down earlier this month to former Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke for the second-degree murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014. The Pritzker administration also said Monday that AFSCME members who had been denied step increases since 2015 will begin seeing their pay rise starting April 1. Meanwhile, the new head of the Department of Agriculture shares Pritzker’s desire for an expansion of broadband service in Illinois, calling it a top priority.
Gov. JB Pritzker talks to reporters in Springfield last week. [BlueRoomStream]
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The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday found a 14-year-old boy was “aggrieved” when Six Flags Great America took his fingerprints in 2014 without the consent of a parent — a decision that will have major effects on dozens of other cases pending that hinge on the interpretation of Illinois’ strongest-in-the-nation biometric privacy law.
The "Superman" rollercoaster at Six Flags Great America. [Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons]
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A sign urging Gov. Bruce Rauner to keep negotiating on a contract with AFSCME is displayed in the window of the union's Springfield office on February 23, 2017 — the same day the union authorized a strike, which never ended up happening.
After dedicating his first full day on the job to repairing the damage caused by former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration with state labor unions, Gov. JB Pritzker late Thursday asked for more time to decide his administration’s next step in a long-running lawsuit.
