Incumbent Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, a Democrat, will face with Chicago Ald. Ricardo Munoz (22nd) in the March primary.
Incumbent Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, a Democrat, will face with Chicago Ald. Ricardo Munoz (22nd) in the March primary.
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan cost taxpayers nearly half-a-billion dollars by blocking repeated efforts to restructure McCormick Place bonds and finance a much-needed second hotel at the convention center, a Crain's investigation finds. McCormick Place CEO Juan Ochoa, an appointee of then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, had fired a Madigan ally at the convention center, and lawmakers from both parties say the speaker wanted retribution.
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is criticizing the governor's no-layoff deal with a major state-employee union. The Chicago Democrat says Gov. Pat Quinn was wrong to negotiate a deal last year that promised no layoffs in exchange for concessions from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Citing constitutional concerns, House Speaker Michael Madigan intends to block Gov. Pat Quinn’s bid to kill the abuse-riddled legislative scholarship program during the upcoming fall veto session, a key legislative aide told the Chicago Sun-Times.
The plan to merge the Illinois treasurer and comptroller's office is stuck in the state House of Representatives. Treasurer Dan Rutherford and Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, both Republicans, say combining their offices will save millions of dollars. Topinka blamed Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan for stalling the plan.
