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Meeting to Choose Madigan's Replacement Expected Sunday Shelby Bremer © Provided by NBC Chicago The meeting to choose who will replace former Speaker of the Illinois House, Rep. Michael Madigan, in the General Assembly is expected to take place Sunday, with speculation for who might fill the role already underway. Madigan announced Thursday that he would resign his seat in the Illinois legislature after 50 years in office, one month after losing his bid to remain speaker of the House, a position he held for decades as he became the single most powerful politician in the stat...

Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WASHINGTON — The 538 members of the Electoral College cast their ballots Monday — in Illinois they meet in Springfield — with electors in the spotlight as President Donald Trump frantically continues to try to overturn the election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden. Once the count climbs to 270 electoral votes, Biden gets to celebrate a second victory — beating Trump in the popular and the ...