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January 12, 2021 Chicago Tribune Don’t rush criminal justice reform in Springfield Criminal justice reform is both a pressing issue and a complex one. It involves the most basic function of government: public safety. It implicates the life, liberty and property of individual citizens. It affects government budgets for police, courts and corrections. Any change in one area can have repercussions in others. It’s not something to undertake in...

Most members of the Illinois congressional delegation are expected to take the historic step Wednesday of having twice voted to impeach President Donald Trump, this time for his role of inciting a violent insurrection on the U.S. Capitol last week. At least 14 of Illinois’ 18 members of Congress have said they will vote to impeach President Donald Trump — all 13 Democrats and Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Channahon.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker took questions on a massive criminal justice omnibus bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus on Monday, noting he was generally "in favor of the process and the work that the Black Caucus has done overall."

U.S. House Democrats are moving forward with an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for “inciting violence against the United States” in the run-up to last Wednesday’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. So far, all 13 Democrats in Illinois’ 18-member U.S. House delegation favor impeachment.

What Illinois Republicans are seeking in a new chairman Illinois Republicans are rebuilding and that means a new party leader with Chairman Tim Schneider, left, stepping down. Schneider and Illinois National Committeeman Richard Porter are shown at the Republican National Convention last summer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Courtesy of Tim Schneider   Updated 1/10/2021 7:43 AM With the governors mansion, state Senate and House controlled by Democrats, schisms within the national ...

Newly sworn in Illinois Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller on Friday apologized for quoting Adolf Hitler at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol this week.

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Facing increasing calls for her resignation after citing Adolf Hitler in a recent speech, newly inaugurated Downstate Illinois Congresswoman Mary Miller apologized Friday and said she regretted using the reference while blaming others for “intentionally trying to twist my words.” Miller, only days into office, received condemnation from Republicans and Democrats alike as well as Jewish anti-defamation groups for referencing the Nazi master of the Holocaust in a Tuesday speech to Moms for Ame...

This was not a mere protest. It was a mass act of insurrection, aimed at intimidating democratically elected lawmakers and nullifying a legitimate election.