Pritzker pronounced the GQP acronym slowly and carefully in response to a question about Monday’s state Senate vote. It’s been used by some Democrats nationally to label Republicans as the “Grand QAnon Party,” more interested in dismantling government and chasing dark conspiracy theories than governing.
All members of the Republican superminority, as expected, voted down Pritzker’s nominees, but it was the supermajority Democrats who ultimately sank their nominations.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) - Anthony Jones spent nearly 30 years in prison before he petitioned the Prisoner Review Board for clemency. Jones was con.
Both Eleanor Wilson, whose appointment was voted down by the state Senate, and Oreal James, who resigned, drew sharp criticism for their votes last year to grant parole to Joseph Hurst and Johnny Veal, two men accused of killing police officers.