UPDATE: 4:50 p.m. : The Cook County judge has issue the restraining order. The law is suspended once again.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The story out of Chicago today — that the state’s 1995 parental notification law on abortion will start…

Ryan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - After seven years out of state politics, former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan formally announced his campaign for governor outside the state Capitol a short time ago–and promptly reminded us that the debris from impeached Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s…

UPDATE, 7:15 p.m.: We have what appears to be a final list of primary candidates for statewide offices. There are no surprises, other than the total numbers, which are even bigger than the massive fields that were anticipated.  The hopefuls for…

Quinn

Hynes

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s gubernatorial campaign — which is catching some heat for an allegedly misleading new TV ad against Democratic primary opponent Dan Hynes — this morning put out a news release calling for an “end to negative ads.” This…

UPDATE, 1:30 p.m. — The Senate just now gave final passage to the bill, as expected. It passed on a partisan 36-22 vote. Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to sign it.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Senate today is expected to…

Madigan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois House tonight passed a bill to impose the first political contribution limits in the state’s history. House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, personally presented the measure to the floor.

But critics continue to blast the bill for…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration and lawmakers have reached a tentative agreement today to revive a controversial “STAR bonds” tax-incentive plan, targeting it more specifically to attracting a major entertainment center to the Glen Carbon area and providing payments…

Jackson

Officer

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Controversial ex-East St. Louis Mayor Carl Officer has filed petitions to challenge state Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson in the Feb. 2 Democratic primary, according to the State Board of Elections.

Jackson was appointed to the seat after last year’s death…

Candidates wait in the rain to file Monday in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - As the Post-Dispatch reported today, hundreds of politicians and political wannabes filed nominating petitions yesterday to get on the Feb. 2 primary election ballot.

It was the first day…

Ryan

Topinka

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Among the many (many, many) candidates filing in the next week to run for statewide office in the Feb. 2 Illinois primaries are two familiar faces whose campaign slogans might aptly be something like, “I told you…