Today, Republican County Chairmen from the 14 counties that comprise Illinois' 13th Congressional District nominated Taylorville resident Rodney Davis to be the Republican candidate in the November election.
"With Rodney Davis as our nominee, the 13th Congressional District...
TINLEY PARK, Ill., May 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
In 2004 and 2008, Illinois Republicans held their Conventions downstate. For the 2012 Illinois Republican State Convention on June 8-9, the thinking was to change locations and find a suitable Chicagoland meeting facility. The wish list included a state-of-the-art facility, an easily accessible location, sufficient...
The Great Recession took a sledgehammer to young job-seekers. As a Rutgers University study released this week reported, only half -- 51 percent -- of college graduates since 2006 are employed full-time. Eleven percent of them, the study found, are unemployed -- a figure well above the national rate of 8.1 percent. Another 12 percent are working...
Mitt Romney almost matched President Obama in fund-raising during April after securing his party’s presidential nomination and joining forces with the Republican National Committee, the campaign will announce on Thursday.
Mr. Romney and the R.N.C. raised $40.1 million in April, just shy of the $43.6 million that Mr. Obama and the Democratic...
SPRINGFIELD— — Chicago Democratic leaders are forming an alternative party to put up a candidate in the November election against indicted state Rep. Derrick Smith, a Democrat who won the primary.
Smith has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of taking a $7,000 cash bribe. The Illinois House is trying to determine...
In his January 2011 inaugural address, California Gov. Jerry Brown declared it a "time to honestly assess our financial condition and make the tough choices." Plainly the choices weren't tough enough: Mr. Brown has just announced that he faces a state budget deficit of $16 billion—nearly twice the $9.2 billion he predicted...
Today, Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady issued the following statement:
"In 2010, Governor Pat Quinn said: 'My clothes are at the governor’s mansion in Springfield - even my underwear is there. I think that establishes residency, doesn't it?'
"In 2011, Quinn stayed only 40 nights in Springfield.
ROSEMONT, Ill. -(Dow Jones)- Indiana's economic development chief crossed the border into neighboring Illinois Thursday, suggesting that existing businesses have a better chance to build profits if they relocate to the Hoosier state.
Indiana Commerce Secretary Dan Hasler spoke to about 125 site-selection consultants...
Offered a chance to defend himself against accusations of bribery, Rep. Derrick Smith refused Thursday to answer questions and sat quietly as his attorney told Illinois lawmakers the federal government isn't coming clean about the case.
Smith proclaimed his innocence in a brief statement before his lawyer, Victor...
