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Credit Derek Cantù/ NPR Illinois The Illinois General Assembly this week approved a measure making multiple changes to election procedures, including pushing back the 2022 primary election from its usual mid-March date to the end of June. COVID-19 delayed the release of official 2020 U.S. Census data to states, but Democrats who control the legislative process in Illinois trudged forward anyway on their decennial redrawing of legislative district boundary lines to avoid giving Republicans a 50/50 chance at controlling the maps if they weren’t approved by Gov. JB Pritzker by June 30, Demo...

As lawmakers’ end-of-session budget-making process wraps up, Republican lawmakers assert the state has enough money on hand to achieve a balanced budget

Not the consent calendar. Thank you GOP for stepping up to defend the purity of the consent calendar. =Republicans say 82% have Democratic sponsors while only 18% came from their caucus.= Maybe it has to do with the fact that so many GQP bills take direct aim at Democratic priorities that are supported by the majority of the population of Illinois (See election results). Or maybe the GQP is too busy fighting science. - Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Friday, Apr 16, 21 @ 9:08 am: Kinda hard to be taken seriously when Darren Bailey could quite possibly be your candidate for gov. +the Democrat-co...

POLITICO Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories Happy Tuesday, Illinois. Tip your hat to suburban voters who will push past the cold and pandemic fatigue today to head to the polls. TOP TALKER Michael Madigan's exit as chairman of the state Democratic Par...

POLITICO Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories Good Thursday morning, Illinois. We just received a copy of “Boss Cermak of Chicago,” and I think that’s the nicest gift a political gal can get. It joins Mike Royko’s “Boss” and Adam Cohen and E...