Primary voting season for 2024 election cycle comes to head on Tuesday
Today is Election Day in Illinois. Voters will narrow the field for the November election. Mostly, that means choosing local candidates. There are also a few ballot questions for voters in some communities. Voter turnout was noted
Hancock: U.S. Supreme Court rules states can’t bar Trump from ballot based on insurrection clause
High court says only Congress can enforce 14th Amendment By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that individual states do not have authority to disqualify candidates for federal office
AP: Takeaways from the Wisconsin 2020 fake electors lawsuit settlement
By COREY WILLIAMS and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press More than 1,400 pages of emails, text messages and other documents released Monday reveal details of a strategy by Republican operatives tied to then-President Donald Trump to overturn Joe
AP: Trump appeals judge’s decision to remove his name from Illinois primary ballot
CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have appealed a Cook County judge’s decision ordering election officials to remove the Republican’s name from Illinois’ March 19 primary ballot. The appeal, filed minutes before midnight Thursday,
Hancock: Cook County judge orders Trump removed from GOP ballot but holds decision pending appeal
Ruling found election board’s previous decision ‘clearly erroneous’ By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered former President Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the March 19 Republican
AP: Biden tells governors he’s eyeing executive action on immigration, seems ‘frustrated’ with lawyers
By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told the nation’s governors on Friday that he’s exploring what executive actions he can take to curb migration across the southern border
AP: Stalled US aid for Ukraine underscores GOP’s shift away from confronting Russia
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press At about 2 a.m. last Tuesday, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin stood on the Senate floor and explained why he opposed sending more aid to help Ukraine fend off the invasion
Hancock: Group challenging Trump’s ballot access in Cook County court hopes for quick decision
Judge asked to overturn Board of Elections ruling By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A national voting rights organization is asking a Cook County judge to overturn a ruling from the Illinois State Board
AP: President Biden has said he’d shut the US-Mexico border if given the ability. What does that mean?
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has made some strong claims over the past few days about shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border as he tries to salvage a border deal in Congress
AP: Yellen visits Midwest to showcase improving consumer sentiment, take aim at Trump tax cuts
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is visiting Illinois and electoral battleground Wisconsin this week to make a case for the Biden administration’s economic agenda and offer a reminder about the