Food assistance benefits were cut off in November due to the government shutdown. That’s led a handful of state agencies to post messages blaming Republicans or Democrats for the shutdown on official websites.
Durbin was among 8 Democratic senators to back plan to reopen federal government
The partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
The departure marked the end of a nationally-watched standoff between the lawmakers and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who pushed the remap plan at President Donald Trump’s urging in a bid to add five additional Republican seats in the U.S. House.
Democratic candidates for Senate disagree over receiving contributions from corporations.
llinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and Illinois Senate President Don Harmon downplay the potential of a heavyweight power struggle..
Gov. JB Pritzker touts redistricting in response to Texas, but his legislative allies cite no signs of movement on the issue in Springfield.
The request sets the stage for an escalation of a war between the Trump administration and Illinois Democrats, with Gov. JB Pritzker at the helm.
Around 400 people were evacuated and have safely returned to the premises after police conducted a search, St. Charles police said.
Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican redistricting efforts in Texas.
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi called the situation a “man-made catastrophe for democracy” while standing alongside some of the 40 Texas Democrats taking refuge in Illinois.
Texas Democrats joined Gov. JB Pritzker at a Sunday night news conference in Carol Stream, where the Democratic governor called President Donald Trump a “cult leader” and “would-be dictator of the United States” for demanding mid-decade redistricting.
This segment revisits a conversation from “The 21st Show.” IPM’s Brian Mackey spoke with Stacey Abrams in May on the current state of the democratic party.
Some Democrats, who are often named as possible 2028 Democratic presidential candidates alongside Pritzker, think the party needs to talk less about LGBTQ issues.
Sorensen holds on to 17th congressional seat as Trump outperforms past 2 elections Preliminary, unofficial election results show no seats in the state House or Senate have changed party hands, although a few races remained too close to call according to the Associated Press. That means Democrats will maintain supermajorities in each chamber of the