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The Illinois primary is still months away, but that does not mean it is too early to start preparing to vote.

Oreal James resigned before going to the Senate for a vote. Hours later, Eleanor Kaye Wilson failed to get the votes needed to confirm her appointment

(The Center Square) – Fingers continue to point back and forth over the Illinois Prisoner Review Board not having a quorum to conduct business. The PRB reviews requests from convicts to receive parole. They also review ...

Pritzker blames GOP for prisoner review board appointees being rejected

It seems like almost yesterday that the most devastating tornado in American history passed through Southeast Missouri. The F-5 tornado first touched down in Reynolds County, west of Ellington and stayed on the ground for approximately 220 miles, for three and one-half hours, crossing southern Missouri and Illinois, finally dissipating in southern Indiana.

Illinois Senate rejects another of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's nominees to the Prisoner Review Board.

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.

Delivering a sharp rebuke to Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the state Senate on Monday rejected one of his nominees to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, a longtime consultant who is also a godmother to former President Barack Obama’s daughters.

Carbondale man convicted of selling crack cocaine

Monday’s developments represented the latest shakeup on the governor-appointed board that has seen heavy Republican scrutiny in the past year.