Various organizations and elected officials are throwing their weight behind candidates in the race to replace Rep. Mark Kirk in the 10th Congressional District. That includes former governor Jim Edgar, who formally endorsed State Rep. Beth Coulson (R-Glenview) in the crowded Republican primary.
On the other side of the aisle, the New Trier [...]
Among six Republicans vying for primary nomination in the 8th CD, Long Grove Village President Maria Rodriguez is the only woman, the only elected official and the only candidate in the race endorsed today by the Illinois Federation for Right to Life.
Rodriguez told Illinois Review she's honored [...]
Generally, I encourage elected officials to make use of social networks like Facebook and Twitter. It’s a great way to communicate back and forth with constituents.
But there is such a thing as being too transparent. Consider this status update from State Sen. Emil Jones:
Two rules: 1. The boss [...]
Senator Bill Brady, Republican Candidate for Governor, was in Peoria Wednesday as part of a statewide announcement tour to tout the endorsements of 14 Republican Legislators. A good crowd of Peoria and Tazewell County residents greeted him at Byerly Aviation. Elected Officials joining him at [...]
Anyone who's been following the City of Chicago's budgeting process knows that neither the public nor elected officials have had much substantive input into each year's spending. But up in Chicago's 49th Ward, Ald. Joe Moore and some of his constituents are testing out a new process -- "participatory budgeting" -- at [...]
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WASHINGTON--Illinois elected officials and candidates are dividing on party lines over relocating detainees at the Guantanamo military prison in Cuba to a maximum security lockup in northwestern Illinois. On Monday, the politics on this skyrocket.
While a federal team arrives in Thomson, Ill. for a [...]
