Via CTNOW HARTFORD — The last time a non-Democrat held the office of attorney general in Connecticut was in 1959. The current Democratic occupant, George Jepsen, was all of 5 years old back then. In this election, Jepsen is being…
Read MoreVia MyFoxNY CHICAGO (AP) – Republican Bruce Rauner and Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn will debate for a second time as they battle to become Illinois’ next governor. The candidates are scheduled to meet Tuesday night at Chicago’s DuSable Museum of…
Read MoreVia the Sun-Times In the quest for marriage equality, the good news last week kept tripping over itself. On Tuesday, when gay marriage bans were struck down in two more states, the news made barely a ripple nationally. A major…
Read MoreVia The Washington Times CHICAGO (AP) – Bruce Rauner roared into the Illinois governor’s race last year, saturating TV airwaves with jabs at Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and promises to “shake up Springfield” the way only an outsider could. As…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register CHICAGO — In one of his toughest campaigns in more than three decades in the public eye, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn touts his long career as a “reformer” and insists he stands for clean government after…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register The boundaries between state government and political campaigns came into question Thursday as state lawmakers grilled Gov. Pat Quinn’s ex-chief of staff during a hearing about a troubled anti-violence program that has since ended. Republican lawmakers…
Read MoreVia the Chicago Tribune Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday warned opponent Bruce Rauner would gut education and other social services, while the Republican challenger charged that Quinn is in a group of Chicago machine politicians who have led the…
Read MoreVia the Southern Illinoisan A former governor was convicted of public corruption a few weeks ago. What many Illinoisans probably found surprising wasn’t the verdict, but the fact that the governor was from Virginia. One wag tweeted, “That’s so Illinois!”…
Read MoreVia WPSD PEORIA, Ill. (AP) – Democratic Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican Bruce Rauner are meeting for their first true debate of the Illinois governor’s race. The candidates are scheduled to face off Thursday night in Peoria. The meeting…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register A Sangamon County judge has agreed to hear arguments on why the state’s defense in the pension reform lawsuits is invalid, something that could speed resolution of the case in circuit court. Judge John Belz said…
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