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THE ILLINOIZE: Ed Burke roundup...House appointments

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Our last (scheduled) newsletter for the year!...Asylum Airways...Burke jury deliberating...Illinois population loss

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Petition challenges...Schneider on Ukraine, gerrymandering...Ramirez responds

THE ILLINOIZE: Schneider: Some Democrats have been "exceedingly antagonistic" to Israel....State revenue surplus projected for this year, deficit for FY25...Ten bold crystal ball predictions for 2024

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Assault weapon ban sticks...NAACP President suspended for migrant comments...ICC stifles utilities

Rep. Kam Buckner joins The Illinoize Podcast

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Buckner on migrant chaos: "not a crisis"(new podcast!)...Supreme Court won't stop assault weapon ban and registry...SDems get new Chief of Staff...Wheeler

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Assault weapon registration rules still fuzzy...State won't enforce crisis pregnancy center law...City eats $1 million on abandoned tent city

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Niemergs petition problem

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: More on Greenwood petition challenge...Federal judge declines to halt assault weapon registry

THE ILLINOIZE: Petition challenges galore...Greenwood alleged in "pattern of fraud" in signature collection

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Bears investigating new stadium site on the lakefront?...Solis may finally appear at Burke trial...Pritzker signs bill allowing small nuke projects

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Rockford-area Senate candidate facing felony forgery, gun charges

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...The drama surrounding the scrapped Brighton Park migrant tent city...Burke caught red handed?...Pritzker opens door to major rail legislation

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: 20 potential Democratic House primaries...Illinois Policy Institute responds to their candidate filings...Migrant crisis disaster gets worse

BREAKING: State stops construction permanently on Brighton Park migrant tent city

THE ILLINOIZE: Breaking down petition filings...Bost on Bailey's "petty stuff" campaign...Egofske to resign...Halbrook...

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Petition filing closed

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Are voters numb to corruption?...Chicago still can't get its act together on migrant response...GOP lawmaker says state spending too much

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Senate GOP playing in as many as seven races...GOP drama in 104th...Handicapping potential November races

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Burke trial headed to mistrial?...Petition filing begins...Meta opens DeKalb data facility

THE ILLINOIZE: Pritzker claims transparency on migrant funding but doesn't provide any numbers...New Chamber head Sandoval: "We’re going work with anyone who is pro-business"...Petition filing updates

THE ILLINOIZE: Who didn't file petitions yesterday?...Pritzker downplays crime issues in Chicago...Marron...Sauer...McCann...

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All: Petition filing begins this morning...Harmon-affiliated PAC gets near record fine for misdeeds in Supreme Court elections...Pate Philip

BREAKING: Former Senate President James "Pate" Philip passes away at 93

THE ILLINOIZE: Marron expected to resign...Republicans land competitive primary for 104th showdown...Budget surplus expected...Campaign updates

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Breaking down Pritzker's $160 million commitment to the migrant crisis...Ed Burke trial underway with plenty of theatrics...What rate hike rulings mean

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Pritzker's migrant response is an opaque mess...

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Pritzker to use $160 million from DHS for migrant crisis

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...State to announce help for Chicago migrants...ComEd Four lay foundation for leniency in sentencing...Assault weapons ban gets to U.S. Supreme Court

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Caulkins taking assault weapons lawsuit to U.S. Supreme Court

THE ILLINOIZE: Is Durkin running for Cook County State's Attorney?...The Bost/Bailey primary couldn't possibly get dumber (it did)...Campaign updates

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Veto session post-mortem...Invest in Kids...Elected Chicago School Board...Nuclear moratorium lifted

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Chicago School Board mess will spill into 2024...Supporters vow to try to save Invest in Kids next year

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Afternoon update...

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: How the elected Chicago School Board could become the fight of veto session...Nuke bill in the House this morning

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Why Welch isn't planning to extend Invest in Kids...Senate approves lifting nuclear moratorium...Biden in Illinois today

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Update on Invest in Kids

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Nuclear moratorium...Chicago School Board...About that credit upgrade

THE ILLINOIZE: Invest in Kids "on life support"...Rezin says deal close on nuclear moratorium...What else to expect during veto session...

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Court upholds state assault weapon ban...The fate of Invest in Kids...Burke trial begins

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Can Republicans win suburban congressional races?...Senate Dems go in early for Toro

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Elected Chicago School Board map...Pritzker's play in other states...Invest in Kids future still unclear

THE ILLINOIZE: The not-so-good state school report card...Dems best pickup opportunity in the House?...Campaign updates

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Assistant at IEMA made $48k per month...Slow first week of veto session...Harmon returns tainted red light cash

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: The General Assembly should extend Invest in Kids...News & notes from the first week of veto session

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Last gasp effort to save Invest in Kids?...Ameren pulls plug on right of first refusal bill...Staff union bill passes House

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Gov. Pritzker's new state agency avoids DCFS hard decisions...DeVore sanctioned by federal judge

THE ILLINOIZE: Don't expect big issues to move in Springfield this week...Rep. Kelly Burke on colon cancer fight and decision not to seek re-election...Campaign updates

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Senate fundrasing numbers

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Veto session begins...Mendoza employee fired for antisemitic posts...LaHood on Speaker mess: "We look foolish"

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Rep. Darin LaHood on House GOP Speaker fight: "We look foolish"

BREAKING: Rep. Kelly Burke (D-Evergreen Park) not seeking re-election

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Previewing Veto Session

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...The governor's national foray into abortion policy...Assault weapon registration...More shouting over an already dead tax hike

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY...Fundraising extravaganza! Durbin...Krishnamoorthi...Bost/Bailey... Statewides...House

THE ILLINOIZE: Budzinski says moderate Dems open to coalition with Republican speaker (but not Jim Jordan)...Last-minute attempt to save Invest in Kids...Fundraising disparity continues

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Pritzker personal income falls by $16 million...but he gets lots of gifts...Attempting to reduce the migrant crisis

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Bost/Bailey fundraising numbers...Pritzker tax returns

SUBSCRIBER PREVIEW: Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria previews the fall Veto Session

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: No money for migrants during veto session...Campaign update

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: A few campaign updates

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Fears stoked over Chinese-tied EV battery plant...CO2 pipeline scrapped (for now)...Weiss gets 5 1/2 years

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Pritzker downplays supplemental appropriation for migrants...Man who threw rocks at Pritzker's windows released...McGraw gets in to 17

THE ILLINOIZE: Will there be a supplemental for migrants during veto session?...The legislators siding with Hamas...GOP presidential delegates...Pritzker home vandalized

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Zuckerberg's cash infusion...Immigrants...Gambling

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Too much finger pointing in migrant crisis...Campaign updates

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Embattled DCFS Director resigning...Illinois delegation on McCarthy...January 6 rioter from Illinois headed to prison

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Other than Trump, GOP candidates for president struggling in delegate search...Illinois delegation in the Speaker ouster...Campaign updates

THE ILLINOIZE: Pritzker turns to White House for migrant help...Gambling revenue up and climbing...

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...The migrant crisis causing rift in Chicago politics...Abortion issues back in a courtroom...Senior driving tests

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Bost and Bailey losing all sense of dignity...Budzinski on shutdown

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Welch gets out in front of staff union issue...What happens in Illinois if the federal government shuts down...Pritzker/Senate GOP spar over Chinese plan

SPECIAL PODCAST: Rep. Nikki Budzinski on looming government shutdown

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Dems "still polling" on Invest in Kids program...More headaches for DCFS...Campaign updates

THE ILLINOIZE: Democratic House candidate voted in GOP primary last year...Grasso circulating petitions for House...Kinzinger...Campaign updates

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Another challenge for state's BIPA law...One week without cash bail...Latest library bomb threat closes Illinois State Library (And it needs to stop. Now.)

BREAKING: Bryant challenger appears to have illegally broken campaign finance caps

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: The race Republicans hope can be a blueprint for pickups...Davidsmeyer

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...How cashless bail rollout went in Illinois...Chicago moving forward with plan to put migrants in tent camps...Assault weapon registry

BREAKING: Rep. Randy Frese won't seek re-election

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: The incoherent Democratic complaint over parole denials...Campaign updates

THE ILLINOIZE: Inside a suburban courtroom on the first day without cash bail...Top GOP candidate emerging in 17th...House Dems drop PR firm

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...New cash-free bail system begins today...The battle for Speaker's staff to unionize...Concern over day care funding

BREAKING: Ladisch-Douglas won't seek re-election

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Supporters say kids will be "left in a lurch" if General Assembly doesn't reauthorize school choice program...37th Senate...51st House

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...State freezes new co-pays for immigrant health care program...177 state employees accused of pandemic loan fraud...Cash bail officially ends Monday

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: More evidence of GOP struggles in suburbs...Collins replacement...Stoller opening

THE ILLINOIZE: Pritzker is going to need an answer on China...The maddening failures of DCFS on display again...Candidates abound all around

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...The Chinese company coming to Kankakee County...The hypocrisy of CTU's leader...Bears reopen stadium discussion

BREAKING: Longtime Rep. Bill Black dies at 81

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Shakeup in House GOP

BREAKING: Demmer won't run for Senate

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: How courts are planning to implement the end of cash bail...New candidate in 53rd Senate

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...The Illinoize turns 3!...Why is state holding dying prisoners?...Pritzker and Johnson want more help for refugees...The end of cash bail nears

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Who will replace Stoller in the Senate?...Candidate recruitment struggles in 104th...Steve Landek's (kind of) return puts another eye on Madigan

THE ILLINOIZE: Legislative source calls state White Sox stadium money "dead on arrival," Pritzker open to talking with Reinsdorfs...Governor supports updates to ethics laws

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Mysterious resignations at Emergency Management Agency...Does Mapes verdict foreshadow the Madigan trial?...White Sox think they have leverage (they don't).

THE ILLINOIZE PODCAST: The Mapes verdict and former Congressman Glenn Poshard

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Where it all went wrong for Mapes...Poshard: Abortion issue driving away moderate Dems...Subscriber exclusive excerpt from Poshard book

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Mapes trial goes to jury...White Sox provide latest stadium drama...Illinois Republicans tread lightly around first presidential debate

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: The state should stay out of the stadium business...Mapes trial could go to jury today

THE ILLINOIZE: Retiring Yednock says Dems having hard time connecting in rural communities...Former colleague says Bailey "like a 14-year-old kid who wants to be a TikTok star"...Dick Luft passes away

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Prosecution to rest in Mapes trial...The Illinois GOP and Trump...Yednock won't seek re-election

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: The Mapes tapes...Grundy County Board Chair for running for Senate

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Pritzker attacks Republicans...Mapes trial gets tricky...Ameren bill vetoed

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Some Republicans want to make 2024 about Madigan. They shouldn't...Collins replaces Van Pelt in Senate

THE ILLINOIZE: Have Democrats given up on rural Illinois?...Latest gun law challenged...Potential GOP battle shapes up downstate

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...The assault weapons fight is far from over...More on Mapes...Governor vetoes bill allowing nuclear power construction

SUBSCRIBERS UPDATE: More on Supreme Court Assault Weapons Ban ruling

BREAKING: Illinois Supreme Court upholds Assault Weapons Ban

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: What is Raoul doing about the $5 billion in unemployment fraud?...Assault weapons ruling expected today

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Mapes trial underway...State Fair opens today...Is the Illinois business climate improving?

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Is the Mapes case a slam dunk?...Candidates emerge in 53rd Senate...Frerichs

THE ILLINOIZE: House GOP struggles to recruit top recruits...Mapes trial...Pritzker plans for Governor's Day

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Mapes trial begins...47,000 lose Medicaid benefits...Electing J6 Republicans

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Sources: GOP Rep. Egofske won't seek full term...Senate GOP campaign update

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Did state employees steal pandemic aid?...Pritzker's abortion hotline...Clean energy keeps coming to Illinois

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: JB Pritzker is bulletproof

THE ILLINOIZE: Pritzker on right wing criticism over immigrant police officer bill...Marron replacements...Collins/Omar Williams to seek Van Pelt seat

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...More criminal justice legislation...SOS appointment details...Bob Rita's Tinley Park drama

SUBSCRIBER PREVIEW: The Illinoize Podcast with Sen. Chapin Rose

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Digging into IDES fraud audit...House members pass, wide open primary for Bennett seat

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...State lost $5 billion in pandemic unemployment fraud...New union contract ratified...Top IL GOP official says time to move on from Trump

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Senate Republicans "completely unprepared" for 2024 cycle...AFSCME contract ratified

THE ILLINOIZE: Secretary of State ending walk-in drivers license renewals...What will Durbin do in 2026?...Petition circulation begins Sept. 5

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...CO2 and storage...Pritzker and jobs...Climate and farmers

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Endangered House Republicans tally poor fundraising numbers

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Cash bail...Pritzker in UK...Health care for undocumented immigrants

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Why implementing the end of cash bail may not be as bad as you thought...GOP cash problems continue

BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds SAFE-T Act eliminating cash bail in Illinois courts

THE ILLINOIZE: Will the Supreme Court throw out the SAFE-T Act?...IL GOP hosting Pence...Congressional cash hauls

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...SAFE-T Act ruling expected tomorrow...About the ban on styrofoam...AFSCME contract details

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: State deal with AFSCME gives 18% raises over three years, freezes health insurance costs, GOP calls deal "generous" and could "wipe out" surplus...The Bost/Bailey Trump primary

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Madigan...Choate...Team Pritzker goes to London town...

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: What is Juliana Stratton planning?...Team Rauner/Irvin/Burgum is at it again

THE ILLINOIZE: Digging into state revenue...Pacione-Zayas replacement...Campaign updates

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...State brought in record revenue in recent fiscal year...Will Pritzker sign nuke bill?...$40 billion for roads

SUBSCRIBER PREVIEW: The Illinoize Podcast on the Bost/Bailey primary

BREAKING: Dan Brady sitting out 2024

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Carroll says strong primary had "no impact" on decision not to seek re-election...Darren Bailey's ego is causing a needless fight

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Bailey vs. Bost confirmed...AFSCME deal reached...Highland Park remembers

Another update: Rep. Jonathan Carroll won't seek re-election

BREAKING: Bailey announcing Bost challenge tomorrow

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Highland Park...Gun ban in court...Gas and grocery taxes

SUBSRIBER EXCLUSIVE: The Illinoize Podcast with Sen. Rachel Ventura (D-Joliet) and Jeremy Gorner of the Chicago Tribune

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Freshman Dems reflect on budget drama...

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Gas and grocery taxes...More Bears drama...Biden does a Chicago cash haul

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: GOP unlikely to find serious challenger to Budzinski in 2024

THE ILLINOIZE: Pritzker continues to face heat from the left...Dems gas, grocery tax gimmick only helped politicians...Jim Leach

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Abortion...Madigan-connected lobbyists...Highland Park nears one year

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Left keeps ramping up pressure on Pritzker...Police drones...Proposal to add new fees to concert festival tickets

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Welch, Harmon spending hundreds of thousands on outside lawyers...Marter in 14...Grifters gonna grift

THE ILLINOIZE: So, what did we miss?

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Freezing undocumented health care program...Choate...Abortion...

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Pritzker signs budget, reduces legislative pay raise...Link, Rita testify in latest political corruption trial...More on Bears fiasco

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: What will the Ameren deal do for ratepayers?

THE ILLINOIZE: DCEO blasted over failures handing out pandemic loans...Pritzker defends legislative pay raises...Why we're suing Senate President Don Harmon

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Bears...Making Chicago safer...More on the church abuse investigation

The Illinoize Podcast- June 2, 2023

THE ILLINOIZE: Friends remember Todd Maisch

BREAKING: Illinois Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Todd Maisch passes away

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Pritzker touts budget...Ameren's giveaway...Trib totally whiffs on struggles of rural communities

BREAKING: Bost votes no on debt ceiling

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Were legislative pay raises unconstitutional?...Sorting out revenue cuts to local governments...Mary Miller joins the crazy (again)

SATURDAY UPDATE: House sends budget to Pritzker...Your post-session cheat sheet

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: A "responsible, balanced budget" or plan full of "gimmicks, half-truths, tricks, and spin?"

UPDATE: Budget moving tonight

THE ILLINOIZE: Our first look at the budget

BREAKING: Dems announce budget deal

BREAKING: Senate Dems offering crumbs for 6-8 GOP votes on budget

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: What to expect when you're expecting (a budget)

THE ILLINOIZE: McCombie on budget: "This is no way to do business"...Lots of Dems still in the dark...State GOP backs off endorsements

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...The budget mess...The Bears bluff...What changed with BIPA?

SATURDAY UPDATE: It's not really overtime, is it?

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Legislature won't adjourn today...Budget action pushed to next week...Todd Maisch

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...End of session chaos...Budget...Bears...Guns...

BREAKING: General Assembly will not adjourn Friday

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Inside the oral arguments on the assault weapons ban case...The breathless silliness of the national media...More on Illinois GOP

THE ILLINOIZE: No major ethics package this week...where some other big issues stand in the final week of session...How GOP chair Don Tracy survived

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Ethics, guns, and the Bears, oh my...

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Effort underway to remove Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy...Pritzker on budgetary pressures

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Pritzker on the end of pandemic emergency...Gov signs first responder COVID disability bill into law...More confusion over assault weapon ban

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: More pressure for ethics reform...Illinois GOP to consider endorsing in statewide primaries...Rep. Mary Flowers booted from House Dem leadership

THE ILLINOIZE: Movement on ethics reform?...The potential $1.5 billion hole in the new budget

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Cost of undocumented insurance program balloons...Lead found in school water supplies around the state...Ethics reform? Good luck with that.

The Illinoize Podcast- May 5, 2023

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: More on the latest assault weapons ban ruling...Durkin: "I feel a sense of vindication"...Subscriber-only podcast

BREAKING: Assault weapons ban back on

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...State revenue estimates fall...A ban on banning books advances to governor...What does the ComEd trial result mean for Illinois politics?

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Chris Welch, union buster?...What the "ComEd Four" verdict means for Michael Madigan...It's time for serious ethics reform

THE ILLINOIZE: Dem dissention building over spending priorities...ACLU wheelin' and dealin' on BIPA?...ComEd jury still out

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Gun shops bustle after assault weapon ban put on hold...Should estate tax be repealed?...More dirt on Proft papers...Why were only some ComEd execs charged?

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Federal judge puts state assault weapons ban on hold

THE ILLINOIZE: When you cheat and still can't win

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Democrats may be banking on abortion again in 2024...Jury gets the "ComEd Four" Trial

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Caulkins won't seek re-election...Bloomington/Decatur battle for seat?...Peace out, Kim Foxx...

THE ILLINOIZE: Moylan on Bears bill: "my bill can pass"...GOP cash struggles "going to be in the wilderness for twenty years"...Closing arguments underway in ComEd trial...

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...The "big tent" problem for Dems...ComEd trial closing arguments today...but they want more of your cash

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Bears aren't behind new stadium bill...CPZ expected to resign for City Hall gig...

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Mr. Johnson goes to Springfield...ComEd trial likely goes to jury next week

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Why does Johnson get a joint session of the GA?...Leaders address Chamber (will we really adjourn May 19?)

THE ILLINOIZE: How we're changing...Pritzker pitches the finance bros...Business skittish as Johnson descends on Springfield...ComEd trial nearing completion

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Back and better than ever...ComEd trial shifts to defense...Abortion pills...Chicago DNC reaction

The Illinoize Podcast- April 7, 2023

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Can suburban and downstate mayoral races be a blueprint for GOP?

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Fallout from the Chicago Mayor race...No evidence ComEd lobbyists did any work for their money (and how Madigan laughed it off)

THE ILLINOIZE: Good luck, Chicago...Johnson elected mayor...Lamont Robinson...New mayors elected in Naperville, Joliet, and Springfield...

THE ILLINOIZE: Ten things I'm watching around the state on Election Day...Chicago...Naperville...Joliet...Springfield...Champaign

The Illinoize Podcast- April 3, 2023

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Pritzker declares disaster areas following deadly tornadoes...ComEd trial gets snippy...GOP leadership trying to get rank and file on board with mail in voting

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Why lifting the ban on new nuclear plants is a good thing...

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Defense starts picking away at star witness in ComEd trial...In the wake of latest school shooting, gun owners rally in Springfield

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Watch the secret video recordings in the "ComEd Four" case...

THE ILLINOIZE: What the "star witness" in ComEd trial said...More wiretaps...Why Vallas will win Chicago Mayor race

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...School boards become political battlegrounds...A key Madigan aide takes the stand...The bathroom bill everyone is going crazy about passes

The Illinoize Podcast- March 24, 2023

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Could 2024 be even worse for Illinois GOP?

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Did Madigan directly ask ComEd to give a supporter a job or not?...Bill banning declawing of cats passes House...Pro-life rally descends on Springfield

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Your questions...answered!

THE ILLINOIZE: Are Democrats sweating the Madigan trial?...Double the Bailey, double the fun...

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Can a sheriff disregard the law?...Madigan on wiretaps...Repealing the ban on nuclear construction in Illinois...

Programming note

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Pritzker proposing tax cuts?..."ComEd Four" trial begins...Will the paid leave bill hurt business?

The Illinoize Podcast- March 15, 2023

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: More from the Supreme Court SAFE-T Act hearing

THE ILLINOIZE: SAFE-T Act day in court...Should O'Brien and Rochford recuse?...Businessman Estrada to run in 17th congressional

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...The SAFE-T Act goes supreme...Reaction to Choate...Shakeup at the ICC

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Committee h*ll week wasn't quite so bad...

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...The plan to fix Choate...State Supreme Court taking up assault weapons ban...State revenues projected to jump again

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Thin GOP field in the 17th congressional...

THE ILLINOIZE: "It's a s#it show"...welcome to committee deadline week...Will Dems do anything about Choate?...Maybe I was wrong about the assault weapons ban cases

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Latest gun case leaves unanswered questions...One year since the Madigan indictment...Pritzker vs. Walgreens

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Trying to understand the Biometric Privacy Act

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Medicaid cuts...Madigan's attorneys trying to toss wiretaps...Chicago mayoral race is going to get nasty

The Illinoize Podcast- March 1, 2023

It's Vallas vs. Johnson...The oncoming Democratic civil war...What happened to Lightfoot?...The incredible underperformance of Chuy Garcia

THE ILLINOIZE: Eight things I'm watching in today's Chicago mayoral race...The state's SAFE-T Act argument...Mr. Welch goes to Washington

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Fixing youth mental health care...Threats against Rep. Katie Stuart over bathroom bill...The brewing fight over carbon capture

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...The police disability drama that looks terrible for Lightfoot...More on Martwick's graduated income tax...Judge slams Department of Corrections on mental health

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Looking at the Chicago Mayor's race

THE ILLINOIZE: Republicans stumble all over themselves to get in the glow of DeSantis...Meet Rep. Wayne Rosenthal...Remembering the king of the State Fair corn dog

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...DeSantis comes to Illinois and everyone is freaking out...Convicted politicians are still getting pensions...What to do about Choate?

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Is a Bost/Bailey primary looming?...Pritzker defends additional spending with looming recession

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Pritzker proposes $75 million for preschool, $100 million for college tuition...Dark money for Chicago Mayor...Bears finalize Arlington purchase...New podcast up

The Illinoize Podcast- February 15, 2023

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: New House budgeteers preview the budget...The budding bathroom battle

THE ILLINOIZE: A Valentine's love letter to Illinois...Meet Rep. Dennis Tipsword

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...The cost of sports gambling in Illinois...Ongoing horrific failures at Choate...Pritzker signs controversial name change legislation

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: The biggest challenge for Democrats in 2023 will be keeping themselves in check...

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...The Civic Committee's going-nowhere tax hike idea....What to expect when you're expecting a budget...Another day, another gun suit

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Friends, colleagues remember Laurence Msall...Andrew McKenna dies...Pritzker throws water on Bears proposal

THE ILLINOIZE: Our campaign finance and ethics laws are broken...Bears to Arlington bill emerges...The House is back full strength...Meet Rep. Harry Benton

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Remembering Laurence Msall...Group run by Harmon lawyer blew off campaign finance laws...Casten's goofy ideas

Civic Federation President Laurence Msall dies at 61

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: How business can get behind a Bears stadium deal...The stupidity of the GOP civil war

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Governor ending COVID emergency...Some gun owners support weapon ban...Elgin superintendent named State Superintendent of Education.

The Illinoize Podcast- February 1, 2023

Livestream at noon with former Democratic Congressman Bill Enyart and GOP consultant Collin Corbett...

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: GOP wants to be a part of budget discussions, "good luck" one Dem source says...McCombie gives GOP a brand new look...Appellate court rules on state gun suit

THE ILLINOIZE: The battle over property rights...Acevedo son guilty in ComEd probe...Meet Sen. Willie Preston

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Allowing felons to change their name...Should the Bears get a tax break?...The new faces on the Illinois Supreme Court

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: It's pretty much a courts beat at this point...

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Gun lawsuits...Giannoulias settles in...Who controls wind and solar sites?

The Illinoize Podcast- January 25, 2023

Livestream with Rep. Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore) and Jon Seidel from the Chicago Sun-Times begins at noon

THE ILLINOIZE: Martwick reigniting graduated income tax debate...Pritzker confirms he will reappoint embattled DCFS Director Marc Smith...Two new federal assault weapon ban challenges

THE ILLINOIZE: How independents crushed GOP hopes in November...How does Illinois' economic situation really stack up?...What both sides are missing in the gun debate

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Gun ban TRO...Suit over treatment of children in DCFS care...Race for Chicago mayor getting unsurprisingly testy

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Ammons began angling for Bennett's seat with an hour of his death...Pritzker in Davos says it's important for Illinois to be seen on the world stage

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Pritzker talks crime in Davos...More on assault weapon suits...Car dealers and EV makers continue to spar

The Illinoize Podcast- January 18, 2023

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: First federal lawsuit challenging assault weapons ban filed...Mendoza: "Things are moving in the right direction"

THE ILLINOIZE: Gun lawsuit expected this week...Davis: GOP needs to "elect candidates in the primary who can win"...Meet Sen. Paul Faraci...Darren Bailey can't stop sticking his boot in his mouth

THE ILLINOIZE: Monday Free for All...Mr. Pritzker goes to Switzerland...Will gun ban be struck down?...Abortion expansion bill signed

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Pritzker's showdown with law enforcement...Gabel is new House Majority Leader...Three way race for Tom Bennett's House seat

THE ILLINOIZE: Thursday Free for All...Some sheriffs say they won't enforce assault weapon ban...Gun shop owners complain...Legislature sworn in with plenty of new faces and familiar partisanship

The Illinoize Podcast- January 11, 2023

BREAKING: Federal lawsuit expected next week over assault rifle ban...

THE ILLINOIZE: Goodbye 102nd, hello 103rd...Welcome to the show, new kids...Governor signs assault weapons ban...Durkin tees off on the way out

THE ILLINOIZE: Pritzker's laundry list of free stuff...Dems strike deal on assault weapons...Some really good lawmakers leave Springfield today

Post-inaugural The Illinoize Podcast 1.9.2023

THE ILLINOIZE: Happy Inauguration Day...What will Pritzker say?...Assault weapons drama...The pay hike sneak...Durkin resigning

THE ILLINOIZE: Saturday special...Ammons spurned...Bennett replaces Barickman...Politician pay raises

BREAKING: Rep. Tom Bennett moving to Senate

BREAKING: Ammons rejected for Senate appointment

THE ILLINOIZE...House passes assault weapon ban

THE ILLINOIZE: Bombs flying in battle for Bennett seat...Harmon's preference?...Budzinski "frustrated" at Speaker drama...Former Rep. Rodney Davis calls it "circus"

THE ILLINOIZE: 11th hour drama...Supreme Court stays implementation of cashless bail hours before it takes effect