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For the first time in nearly four decades, Illinois House Democrats are seeking to defend their dominance in Springfield without the chief architect of their supermajority, indicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan.

(The Center Square) – A new Illinois law will allow certain law enforcement officers to retire at age 55 instead of 60. A tax and budget expert says Illinois taxpayers will be on the hook for the extra five years of pension payments. ...

Controversial public safety measures took priority in Springfield. And we know that Illinois has a budget. But a whole lot of other changes are coming, thanks to state lawmakers’ recent rush of activity. 

In their final days of the annual spring session, members of Illinois’ General Assembly approved a series of bills targeting public safety.

Heading into the final hours of the General Assembly’s spring legislative session on Friday, lawmakers’ to-do list has been pared down to the bare essentials as they prepare to leave Springfield seven weeks earlier than their usual end-of-May sprint.

With just days before the General Assembly is set to adjourn, it was the latest Democratic effort meant to address rising crime — a problem prominent in many residents’ minds and in Republican campaign ads.

The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police's top campaign priority this spring is defeating Sen. Rob Martwick, D-Chicago, in the Democratic primary. The police group is...

Rich Miller looks at police union effort to defeat liberal Dems in Chicago at the ballot box in primary

Illinois politics during the 2022 election season.

Another former alderman was sent to jail. State’s Attorney Kim Foxx won’t charge the police officers who fatally shot Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez. The heated remap fight is headed to the voters. And Loyola goes down in round one of the NCAA tourney.