THE ILLINOIZE (holiday break edition): Legislature coming back Jan. 8...Dems planning to go it alone?...A protracted Speaker battle?...McConchie and Righter team up...35th LaSalle resident dies
THE ILLINOIZE: Bipartisan downstate lawmakers upset with Pritzker mitigations...Governor holding up saliva tests?...Bailey and DeVore lose again...our "Illinoisan of the Year"
THE ILLINOIZE: Pritzker won't give Chapa LaVia vote of confidence...Many unanswered questions...Pritzker won't reduce restaurant mitigations until 2021...Davis and Pritzker war of words escalates...
THE ILLINOIZE: The "sham" Madigan hearings are over...Are two camps wheeling and dealing for his replacement?...Pension deficit has grown $100 billion since 2006...Illinois' Electoral College gaffe
THE ILLINOIZE: National Guard to LaSalle...VFW criticizes Pritzker administration...Why is a COVID vaccine controversial...Devore/Bailey pattern of losses...Help choose the 2020 Illinoisan of the Year
THE ILLINOIZE: LaSalle Vets Home Administrator fired...Still no answers from the administration...Why Schneider is quitting state GOP...Halbrook Christmas Party has 100+ without masks...
THE ILLINOIZE: LaSalle death toll now 31..Veterans' Homes may not get vaccine...Feds offered help...Obfuscation from administration...Is Pritzker on his own for budget cuts?...Shimkus exit interview
THE ILLINOIZE: The disgusting, irresponsible, pathetic failure at the LaSalle Veterans' Home...28 dead...Pritzker: "People should be held accountable."...Chapa LaVia "devastated"
THE ILLINOIZE...A lame duck tax increase coming?...The state's dire financial picture...Ezike: Thanksgiving celebrations "super spreader" events...Thanksgiving traditions of Illinois politicians
THE ILLINOIZE: Dems preparing for life after Madigan...Pritzker statement left wiggle room...House investigation still stalled...Plans if Duckworth goes to cabinet?...
THE ILLINOIZE: Hospitalizations climbing...Cases out of control...Pritzker's travel stumble...Bustos tests positive...Scary budget numbers...Final election tallies today...Bernie & Finke...
THE ILLINOIZE: Enforcing Pritzker's mitigations..."We are heading" to another shutdown...Does Biden administration end the Madigan probe?...Underwood wins 14th, Oberweis will start recount process
THE ILLINOIZE: 4ish races still out...including Underwood/Oberweis...Multiple concessions...A slow count...Is Madigan in trouble?...McConchie's vision for Senate GOP...Our first roundtable discussion
THE ILLINOIZE: Latest race counts and transparency problem...Inside the McConchie GOP takeover...How Kilbride went down...Durbin, Duckworth, Pritzker want Madigan out...State shutdown on the table?
THE ILLINOIZE SPECIAL EDITION: A banner night for Illinois...Republicans?...The world turned upside down...What does it mean for Madigan, Pritzker?...Oberweis leads Underwood
ELECTION DAY IN ILLINOIZE: Feeling on the ground...How do candidates REALLY feel right now...The congressional upset nobody predicted?...Toia: restaurants "hemorrhaging."
THE ILLINOIZE: 100 hours to go...Supreme Court races deadlocked...Questioning the Governor's authority...Is Pritzker abandoning the "Fair Tax?"...Happy Birthday, Glenn Poshard...
THE ILLINOIZE: Exclusive poll..."Fair Tax" losing...Pritzker job approval at 64%...Mask order at 73%...Voter fraud investigation in DuPage County...Get well soon, Rep. Butler
THE ILLINOIZE: Pending cash crisis for RTA...Griffin spends another $2.5 million on Supreme Court...Pritzker's tough talk on bars and restaurants...Travis Akin
THE ILLINOIZE: COVID-19 spike leading to more regional mitigations...Kilbride defends his record on unions & Madigan...Our new top rated legislative seat likely to change parties...Real fake news...
THE ILLINOIZE: Q3 fundraising numbers are in..."...an extinction level event for suburban Republicans."...The popularity of pot...On our way to another COVID-19 shutdown?
THE ILLINOIZE: House Democrats using anonymous Facebook pages for ads..."We Should All Care What This Looks Like"...Griffin's big play on the Supreme Court...Flouting bar and restaurant rules...
THE ILLINOIZE: We cut through the noise of claims about taxing retirement...Halbrook's daughter endorses his opponent...Oberweis' last stand?
THE ILLINOIZE: Scoop- Polling shows "Fair Tax" headed toward failure...Policy Institute sues...COVID-19 bears down on NIU & EIU...Dolla Dolla bill, y'all...
THE ILLINOIZE: One-on-One with Madigan's challenger...Republicans wanting to subpoena Speaker running out of options...Mark Curran's path to victory?
THE ILLINOIZE...Durkin and Welch may take the gloves off this afternoon...Demmer trying to push Pritzker into calling for subpoenas...Douglas and Menard statues gone from Capitol grounds...
THE ILLINOIZE: Deep Dive...Why are Republicans in such trouble in the suburbs?...ComEd hotshot to testify in Madigan hearing next week...Stratton's gaffe?...Willie Wilson's Quixotic Senate campaign...
THE ILLINOIZE: Rep. Amy Grant's self-inflicted no-good, very bad day...Is she toast?...Both sides of the graduated income tax amendment...Wise words from a former congressman
THE ILLINOIZE: Handicapping Illinois' US House races...The Madigan investigation stalls?...The Biss is back...Happy Birthday, Tom Ewing
THE ILLINOIZE: Football coaches and players to rally for season kickoff...blame on Pritzker "he's the head coach"...Election safety disinformation...An ode to Carol Marin
THE ILLINOIZE: Republicans think Madigan hearings won't be fair & square...The gamesmanship that may save the Speaker's hide...Why has a mask become a political statement?...9/11
THE ILLINOIZE: The Top 10 Districts that could flip in November...The only Congressional candidate on TV...Previewing the Madigan hearing
THE ILLINOIZE: Over 1.3 Million mail in ballots requested already...How has it changed campaigns?...Griffin drops $20 million against tax hike amendment...Is Durkin poking the bear?
WELCOME TO THE ILLINOIZE: George Ryan Writes A Book and we have a 1,100 word excerpt...Casino titans gambling big on online gaming...why are COVID-19 cases ticking up?
