AP News Minute: Democrats are ready to shove a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package through the House. The bill would give Americans direct p…
Manchin is an unusual character in the increasingly polarized Senate: a Democrat who voted in favor of Trump’s position on legislation more than half the time, and who seeks to split almost every issue down the middle.
A Bicameral Democratic group has joined forces on Capitol Hill to push through a bill that would enshrine LGBTQ protections in the nation's la…
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s hand-picked successor for the legislative seat he held for a half-century resigned Wednesday, just three days after being appointed and hours after Madigan called on him to step down.
Kodatt quit just three days after he was chosen from among 10 candidates to replace Madigan, a Democrat from the Southwest Side of Chicago who had held the post for more than 50 years.
Effective government in a closely divided country means trying harder to bridge the divides. And this demands, against all odds, two parties capable of finding common ground.
Conservative Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey, the fiercest legislative opponent of Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s pandemic-induced public health restrictions, formally announced his candidacy for governor Monday night, pledging a grassroots movement to take Illinois back from “political elites.”
Illinois State Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, the downstate lawmaker who gained celebrity and notoriety by challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 emergency powers, announced Monday that he will run for governor in 2022.
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan announced Monday that he is resigning as chairman of the state Democratic Party, a post he has held since 1998.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders have a potent dynamic on their side as Congress preps for its first votes on the party’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill: Would any Democrat dare cast the vote that scuttles new President Joe Biden’s leadoff initiative?
Out of 10 candidates, Michael Madigan voted for Edward Guerra Kodatt, a 26-year-old employee of Madigan’s 13th ward organization on the southwest side of Chicago. He is an Eastern Illinois University graduate.
Michael Madigan may be gone from the Democratic-controlled Illinois General Assembly, but his influence on the political process in Springfield persists.
Madigan, 78, did not give a reason for resigning as party chairman, a post he's held since 1998.
Madigan held 56% of the weighted vote cast in the 22nd House District, controlling the nomination, and picked Edward Guerra Kodatt, a bilingual outreach and budget assistant in the constituent services office run by Madigan and 13th Ward Ald. Marty Quinn.
The redistricting data needed to redraw the maps won't be available until September at the earliest. Why this has happened is in large part tied to changes made to the census due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“While the speaker and I certainly did not agree on most issues, I did appreciate his support during my time as Senate Republican Leader for efforts that we put forward for education funding reform, tuition tax scholarships for low-income families and infrastructure improvements,” said former Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady.
“While the speaker and I certainly did not agree on most issues, I did appreciate his support during my time as Senate Republican Leader for efforts that we put forward for education funding reform, tuition tax scholarships for low-income families and infrastructure improvements,” said former Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady.
Michael Madigan, the Chicago Democrat who helped to craft the 1970 Illinois Constitution, spent 50 years in the Illinois House and was the chamber's speaker for 36 of the past 38 years, said Thursday that he will resign his 22nd District seat at the end of February.
Republicans and Democrats worked together to pass a large COVID-relief bill last spring, and did it again just a few weeks ago.
President Joe Biden's administration joined Democrats on Capitol Hill in unveiling a major immigration overhaul that would offer an eight-year…
General Assembly Democrats expressed their support for Pritzker's proposal even while hoping for increases to fund state programs. Across the aisle, Republicans said the governor's budget takes Illinois in the wrong direction as lawmakers work to rebuild the economy this spring.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is in a political firestorm over how and when to get more schools open during the coronavirus pandemic, with Republicans seizing on confusion surrounding Biden's goal to reopen a majority of schools within his first 100 days to paint the president as beholden to teachers’ unions at the expense of American families.
This is a letter to the editor from the Herald & Review opinion section.
ATLANTA (AP) — Road improvements are on hold in the suburban Atlanta town of Union City. In Dayton, Ohio, annual training classes for new police officers and firefighters are slated for cancellation. City agencies in Arlington, Texas, have been cut by up to 8%, with officials bracing for more later this year.
