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Republican primary voters might see a long list of candidates next year for Illinois governor. But ask each one what the ideal GOP candidate looks like, and you’re likely to get very different answers.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.  — Illinois legislative Republican leaders' support of allowing illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses should help move the issue.Advocates expect the Senate to take up the matter on the floor Tuesday.House Minority Leader Tom Cross of Oswego and Senate Mino

Post-election the GOP seems to be going out its the way to recast itself with Latinos, particularly around immigration issues. But Achy Obejas writes that the keyword here is seems.

It’s a new year with a new legislative session, but an all-too-familiar story is recurring in the Indiana Statehouse, at least from the Republican viewpoint: House Democrats once again held up any work because they oppose a GOP proposal to make Indiana a right-to-work state.Wednesday was to have bee

Indiana’s legislative session will be short this year — it’s expected to last until March — but judging by the political tone set before the start of the session Wednesday, the debate will be furious.The Republican leadership, as well as Republican Gov.

Indiana Republicans and Democrats come together Tuesday in Indianapolis for what’s called Organization Day, a kind of symbolic start to the new legislative session that often sets a tone for what’s to come.And what’s to come could be more fighting between the minority Democrats and majority Republic

I understand the power of Lake Erie wind as soon we’re out past the breakwaters of Cleveland Harbor.