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Republican leaders react as lame duck session nears end

— January 13, 2021

SPRINGFIELD – Republican leadership offered harsh criticisms for their Democratic counterparts Tuesday, Jan. 12 as the Illinois General Assembly neared the end of its lame…

Madigan hearings to begin this week
— September 7, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – A special investigative committee of the General Assembly will begin meeting at the Capitol this week to decide the fate of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Madigan,…
Lawmakers pass budget package to close out special session
— May 24, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – The Senate in the very early hours of Sunday morning (May 24) passed a budget package authorizing $42.8 billion in general revenue spending next year, although…
Madigan says no to House investigation of ‘rape in Champaign’ email
— January 10, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — House Speaker Michael Madigan said Thursday, Dec. 9 he will not initiate a House-led inquiry into a recently unearthed 2012 email written by a state government insider…
House Republicans can’t stop Madigan rules
— February 5, 2019

Getting legislation through the state House of Representatives will still run through the office of House Speaker Mike Madigan. Rules dictating how the next two years of the House will…

Lawsuit seeks $450 million payment to ratepayers from ComEd, Madigan
— August 11, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — A group of Commonwealth Edison ratepayers asked a federal judge Monday to force the utility company, House Speaker Michael Madigan and others to pay “at least” $450…
Reform advocates push for tighter lobbying controls at state government
— January 16, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – Government reform advocates in Illinois are urging state lawmakers to impose stricter rules on lobbying activity at the Statehouse, including a ban on lawmakers themselves…
Wins and losses, praise and criticism, for Pritzker and Democrats in first year
— December 30, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — A tumultuous year in Illinois politics draws to its close as the historic legislative accomplishments of May and June give way to a flurry of ongoing federal investigative…