CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Democrats dominated in Illinois on Tuesday, winning all statewide offices and flipping two Republican-held congressional seats, including one that’s been in GOP hands for decades. Billionaire businessman J.B. Pritzker defeated Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, who conceded the race less than an hour after polls closed, while Democratic state Sen. Kwame Raoul topped…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — There was good news in an August letter to The Associated Press: The Illinois attorney general’s public access counselor had ruled in favor of the AP’s Freedom of Information Act request for records that the Department of Human Services had refused to disclose. The bad news: The AP requested them in…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — A former Miss America who is running for Illinois attorney general once said that many victims of sexual harassment “become very promiscuous” and that young people who are called names such as “whore” or “slut” think: “That’s what I want to be.” Republican Erika Harold is stressing her experience as an…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — The Latest on Illinois Republicans’ political rally at Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Gov. Bruce Rauner has rallied Republicans at the Illinois State Fair by bashing Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan and promising to make the GOP the “majority party.” The first-term Republican rounded…