From NBC Chicago:
Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday received a bill that would push Illinois’ primary election back to March.
He’s expected to sign it.
Four years ago, lawmakers moved the state’s primary election in an effort to give then-Sen. Barack Obama an early win in a big state during the 2008 presidential campaign. But last month’s election [...]
From the Chicago Tribune:
Decatur police have issued an Amber Alert after two young boys, one of them a 1-month-old infant, who were abducted this afternoon.
Authorities said that J-Amarcus Upchurch and Terry Antonio Smith were taken by two men in the 1900 block of East Cantrell Street at about 3:30 p.m.
They were last [...]
From the Chicago Tribune:
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias sought to blunt a potentially damaging political issue today about questions regarding his involvement in his family’s struggling bank, which he said he expects will likely fail in the coming months.
But questions were still left unanswered following a more than 70-minute meeting with the Chicago [...]
First from the Sun-Times:
A suspect in the triple murder of a family in west suburban Darien was arrested this afternoon in south Florida, authorities said.
Jacob Nodarse, 23, of Lemont, was sleeping in a van outside his parents’ house in Lehigh Acres, Fla., when police and deputy U.S. marshals arrested him at about 4 p.m. [...]
No, I cannot afford your $100 political fundraiser.
To all the pols out there cluttering my mailbox, inbox and voicemail, save your money. What were you thinking? Don’t invite me to your fundraiser unless the ticket price is much more reasonable.
Please, take a lesson from Barack Obama. Make your fundraisers affordable for the average person. Forget [...]
From the Daily Chronicle:
The vice chairman of the DeKalb County Republican Central Committee was arrested early Thursday morning for driving under the influence.
Andrew Nelms, 26, of the 32000 block of Pleasant Hill Road in Genoa, was arrested about 1:30 a.m., according to a news release from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were assisting a [...]
From the Chicago Tribune:
The mother of former Cicero Town President Betty Loren-Maltese continues to receive health care benefits from the town, even though coverage should have expired when she stepped down as a member of a town commission in 2001.
Kitty Loren, 88, who served on the town’s Police and Fire Commission for 10 years, said [...]
The Chicago Sun-Times says it has a source who tells them the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen is looking for an honorable way to withdraw from the general election.
That’s the good news in a week when we learned some very, very bad things about Scott Lee Cohen.
Facing intense and mounting pressure to [...]
From ENEWSPF:
Our pick for judge in the 15th Subcircuit, Phelan vacancy, is Judge John C. Griffin of Palos Heights. Griffin has four opponents, and was appointed to the bench in 2008. He sits in the Chancery Division.
Judge Griffin is a true Democrat. One of his opponents in the Democratic Primary is [...]
Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is scheduled to get a big boost Sunday when Jacob Meister withdraws from the Democratic primary. Meister is expected to endorse Giannoulias.
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Attorney Jacob Meister will pull out of the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Sunday and throw his support to State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, Meister said tonight.
“Alexi [...]
