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After Rep. Jim Durkin announced that he would step down as the leader of the Illinois House Republicans, the party has chosen its new chair, tapping Rep. Tony...

(The Center Square) – Illinois Republicans have selected new legislative leaders for the term that begins Jan. 11. The GOP will continue in the superminority next year in both chambers following last week's election. Tu...

Incumbent Democratic Illinois Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza is projected to win the Illinois comptroller race, according to WGN News.  WGN News called the race after Mendoza received 58.77% of the votes with 60% of votes reported. Mendoza was born in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood and moved to Bolingbrook as a child. After college, she moved...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, a Democrat, is facing Republican challenger Shannon Teresi in the Nov. 8 general election.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, a Democrat, is facing Republican challenger Shannon Teresi in the Nov. 8 general election.

The Tribune Editorial Board endorses Michael Frerichs for Illinois treasurer and Susana Mendoza for state comptroller.

The primary election for Illinois treasurer and comptroller have no contested races.

BEN SZALINSKI The State Journal-Register Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced this week the state has paid down its bill backlog to a manageable level. "This is a remarkable day that I have been working toward since I took office in December 2016 amid the budget impasse when the previous administration was paying nursing homes and hospice centers up to a year late and they let the backlog climb to $16.7 billion," Mendoza said Wednesday. Illinois went without a budget for o...

This is the perfect opportunity for a GOP administration to rack up billions of dollars in unpaid bills because they’re complete failures at governing and are more interested in being the reason why we can’t have nice things than addressing that their party is morally and intellectually bankrupt. What GOP administration? Where? The GOP in Illinois is inept, but they have very little impact on the budget or finances. As Rich Miller pointed out in an excellent article the other day, Illinois ...

By Benjamin Cox on April 28, 2021 at 1:50pm The State’s backlog of unpaid bills has fallen into a 30-day payment cycle. Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s Office reports today that the state’s balance has fallen to $3.5 billion after being at a high of $16.7 billion in January 2017. Mendoza says that the oldest commercial vouchers owed to most vendors and providers of goods and services in her office right now are dated from Monday. She says it’s the first time in several yea...