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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Associated Press, reporting out of Chicago today, is quoting Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn as predicting that the controversial plan to house suspected terrorists in a mostly empty northern Illinois prison will “probably” happen.

Quinn, like most…

UPDATE (3 p.m.)

We’ve gotten an emailed response from Rep. Kirk’s office. It doesn’t directly answer Sen. Durbin’s criticisms about Kirk’s comments, but here it is:

“By moving the Al Qaeda core to Thomson [Correctional Center] along with 1,500 U.S. troops,…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Three of the four top spots in Illinois’ Feb. 2 primary ballots will go to political unknowns, following a lottery a little while ago to determine ballot position.

In the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, the top…

(NOTE: The ballot positions of candidates in Illinois’ Feb. 2 primaries will be determined by a lottery being conducted in Springfield this afternoon. We’ll report the results here.) 

Meister

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Jacob Meister, trying to stand out…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Republican Party has posted on its website the video of last Thursday’s first debate between the seven GOP gubernatorial candidates. You can watch it here.

The downfall of Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich this year should give Republicans…

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…

Virgina Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell

WASHINGTON — Wednesday mornings after off-year elections always bring over-generalizations.

But the results of Tuesday’s elections — in which the GOP won governors’ races in Virginia and New Jersey and Democrats captured a House seat in New York — appeared to…

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, 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…