The Illinois elections board rules Trump will remain on the March 19 ballot
The bipartisan board said they couldn’t take up the question of whether Trump’s conduct on Jan. 6 barred him from running.
The bipartisan board said they couldn’t take up the question of whether Trump’s conduct on Jan. 6 barred him from running.
The hearing officer, a retired Republican judge, wrote a scathing assessment of Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, but said the courts ultimately should decide. The full elections board will consider the matter Tuesday.
The more than 11 million Illinoisans who claim the standard exemption each year will not see an inflation-indexed bump for the 2023 tax year.
The pledge, a vestige of the McCarthy Red Scare era, is not mandatory, but has been signed by candidates for decades, including by Trump in 2020 and 2016.
Five people working with a voting rights organization filed a formal objection, making Illinois the 18th state challenging Trump over his ties to the 2021 insurrection.
Madigan, the longtime Illinois House Speaker, is charged with bribery and conspiracy. A lawmaker wants to ban his portrait from the House.
The shake-up comes amid union leadership questions about allegations of a “hostile work environment” against an unnamed executive.
A WBEZ analysis shows that while people may be more cynical and government is more expensive, voter interest in state elections has only increased.
Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration calls the need for additional funds a “100% emergency response” as the weather turns cold.
The ex-Illinois House speaker is awaiting trial for his alleged role in a federal bribery scheme.