Illinois Secretary of State candidate Alexi Giannoulias speaking during the Cook County Democratic Party slating event on Tuesday. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The Cook County Democratic Party voted on Tuesday to throw its weight behind Illinois Secretary of State candidate Alexi Giannoulias, solidifying his frontrunner status in the race as one of his challengers considers dropping out.

A map of 20 proposed Cook County judicial subcircuits [House Redistricting Committee]

Democratic legislators from both the Illinois Senate and Illinois House of Representatives announced a new map of Judicial Subcircuits on Monday, saying it will bring equity and fairness to a remapping process that has been starved for attention.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill on Friday that will regulate when flags are flown at half staff.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a string of bills into law on Friday. They will regulate flags flying at half staff, medicare reimbursements for hospitals, milk served to children at restaurants and the impacts of COVID-19 on the state’s transportation system.

Gov. JB Pritzker officially authorized $250 million in new funding to fight gun violence as part of the Reimagine Public Safety Act (HB 2791) on Friday. 

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An Illinois lawmaker said she will propose legislation to require hospital employees to report suspected patient-on-patient sexual assaults to law enforcement.

From left: Health care technology entrepreneur Frank Naeymi-Rad, Primary Health Care Association lobbyist Cyrus Winnett and Lake County Health Department director Mark Pfister all testified during a Senate Health Committee hearing on Thursday.

State lawmakers should explore loosening Medicaid spending rules and cracking down on hospital acquisitions to rein in mounting health care costs, a researcher testified on Thursday. Other officials called on state leaders to push for a more centralized system to store and share patient data.

Christine Coleman of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services listens to legislators at a joint subject matter hearing of the Mental Health and Addiction Committees.  

Legislators demanded answers from state officials about the condition of the state’s behavioral health care system for children during a tense subject matter hearing on Wednesday.

The Illinois Gaming Board approved two new casinos. Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago) has made it a race for the new 3rd Illinois Congressional District. And Gov. JB Pritzker announced another round of highway improvements.  

New Illinois House districts in the Metro East area and on Chicago's North Side came under the microscope in a Tuesday court hearing.

Latino and Black voting rights, 10-year population projections and murky legislative intent all made for a thorny court hearing on Illinois’ proposed legislative maps on Tuesday. 

A map of the first round of new Illinois Senate districts approved by lawmakers in June. [Frank Calabrese] 

Attorneys for Senate President Don Harmon and Speaker Chris Welch will try on Tuesday to fend off three challenges to Illinois’ next set of legislative maps before a panel of three judges.