Wheeler Announces for State Rep District 64

Crystal Lake, IL: The new State Representative Districts placed State Rep. Mike Tryon in District 66, creating an opportunity for County Board Member Barbara Wheeler to run in State Representative District 64. The newly drawn D64 is shared nearlyequal ly by Lake and McHenry Counties. Barbara Wheeler currently represents nearly a third of the newly [...]

In Midst of Budget Crisis, Giannoulias Holds Campaign Event with Tax Cheats

5/6/2010 State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is holding a press conference at Granite Innovation today for his Senate campaign. While the stated purpose of the event is to promote Giannoulias’ “new agenda to help Illinois families balance increased challenges between working to make ends meet and raising children,” perhaps the State Treasurer could ask his hosts [...]

Roskam Statement on April Unemployment Numbers

5/7/2010 Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL), Deputy Whip and Ways and Means Committee member, issued the following statement after the Department of Labor announced the national unemployment rate rose in April to 9.9%: “While this Administration promised the American people that a trillion dollar stimulus bill would keep unemployment under 8%, today the national unemployment rate [...]

WATCH: The Problem: Alexi Giannoulias

5/7/2010 From the Committee for Truth in Politics The Problem: Alexi Giannoulias Watch this video on YouTube below

Obama’s home-state headache

5/7/2010 By Ben Smith and Manu Raju – Politico President Barack Obama’s enemies like to call him a creature of the “Chicago machine,” but when it comes to the politics of his home state of Illinois, the White House doesn’t seem to know where the gears are. Indeed, Chicago has delivered an unending stream of [...]

Brady dissapointed Quinn, lawmakers did not reach budget agreement

5/8/2010 By Chris Essig – Bloomington Pantagraph Moments after the Democrats adjourned Friday with the state’s fiscal future still in limbo, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady expressed his disappointment with lawmakers and his opponent in the November election, Gov. Pat Quinn, for not reaching an agreement on the budget. “Here we are on adjournment day [...]

The Fair Map Amendment

12/3/2009 The fair map amendment I’m happy to relay the League of Women Voters, the better Government Association and other government groups announced their fair map amendment initiative. This initiative will dramatically change the way legislative districts are drawn in the state of Illinois. Under the current redistricting process, politicians have complete control over drawing [...]

Alexi’s Blagojevich problem

5/7/2010 By David Freddoso – Washington Examiner Believe it or not, there is a downside to drawing your campaign cash from Chicago’s seedy political underworld. The minute someone gets indicted, the court papers start reading like a list of your donors. This is just one more problem for Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, the Democratic nominee [...]