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A coalition is seeking to unseat anti-LGBT Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski , but he has support from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi . The nation's largest LGBT advocacy group is spearheading a $1.3 million effort to unseat from Congress a nearly extinct animal - an anti-LGBT Democrat - in an upcoming primary, but that effort runs contrary to the position of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi .
A former FBI employee is running for Congress as the "Cannabis Candidate," with a campaign ad featuring him smoking marijuana in front of an image of the American flag. Benjamin Thomas Wolf is one of three challengers to incumbent Rep. Mike Quigley in the Democratic primary for Illinois' 5th Congressional District, which includes parts of Chicago.
Illinois House Democrats unleashed a bevy of proposed restrictions on firearms Tuesday, an urgent response to the Florida high school shooting as well as the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer a day earlier. The Judiciary-Criminal Committee approved five gun-control measures including barring anyone younger than 21 from buying an assault-style weapon, prohibiting the purchase of large-capacity ammunition feeders and outlawing civilian use of body armor.
Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, left, shakes hands with Rep. Daniel Burke, D-Chicago, on Feb. 27, 2018, after new gun legislation passed a committee in Springfield. Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, left, shakes hands with Rep. Daniel Burke, D-Chicago, on Feb. 27, 2018, after new gun legislation passed a committee in Springfield.
In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington, at sunset. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could deal a painful financial blow to organized labor.
With the justice holding the decisive vote silent, a divided Supreme Court sparred Monday over a case that could undermine the financial footing of labor unions that represent government workers. The justices heard arguments in a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers who choose not to join.
En esta fotografA a del 10 de octubre de 2017 se muestra a la Corte Suprema en Washington. FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington, at sunset.
With the justice holding the decisive vote silent, a divided Supreme Court sparred Monday over a case that could undermine the financial footing of labor unions that represent government workers. The justices heard arguments in a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers who choose not to join.
Sixty-five people attended the 40th annual Lincoln Day Dinner hosted by the La Salle County Republicans on Saturday, Feb. 24, at Pitstick Pavilion in Ottawa. And for everyone there, the night was one of voiced hopes for the future of Republicans in the 2018 elections.
The Supreme Court will wade into a clash between organized labor and conservative groups Monday in a case that could overturn decades-old precedent and deal a potentially crippling blow to public sector unions. The case is one of the most contentious in a pivotal term, and protesters from both sides are expected to flood the Court Monday morning.
Esperanza Perez, the mother of a Green Card veteran ordered to be deported to Mexico, clutched an American flag to her chest Saturday outside the Kenosha County Detention Center, where her son is being detained. "He asked, 'Can I take it? Because I fought for this,'" she said.
Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, visits with Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, Aug. 27 at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. One of every five lawmakers sworn in to office in 2019 will be new to the Illinois General Assembly.
Since July 2015, 13 residents of a veterans' home in west central Illinois have died from Legionnaires' disease. Eleven families are suing the state for negligence.
But look: Of 39 seats up for grabs this election cycle in the Illinois Senate, only five have contested primaries. Eighteen incumbents, many of whom have been in Springfield longer than a decade, have no challengers for the primary or general election.
Foreign leaders are looking to cultivate stronger ties with US governors and mayors, an interest that will be on display at this weekend's meeting of governors FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2018, file photo, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull arrives at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence for a meeting in Tokyo. When Turnbull arrives in Washington this week for consultations with President Donald Trump, he won't be traveling solo.
In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington, at sunset. America's labor unions are about to find out if they were right about Justice Neil Gorsuch.
The decorated Iraq War veteran who lost both legs when her helicopter was shot down is an Asian-American woman in the mostly white, mostly male and very fusty Senate. And now, with a baby due in April, she'll be the first senator to give birth while in office.
Forget Washington for a moment. Forget the news that the Republican Congress has voted to massively deepen the budget deficit, the same deficit they used to blame then- President Barack Obama for.
The David Geffen Medical College Scholarship fund offers full tuition to the school's best applicants who attend the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Under Geffen's tenure, Geffen Records was home to popular artists such as Cher, Donna Summer, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Elton John, and Guns 'N' Roses.
In the world of President Donald Trump, a failure to obtain necessary security clearances does not mean much if someone works for the President of the United States. In 1981, I joined the Congressional office staff of Rep. Paul Findley as press secretary and legislative assistant and we moved to Washington after 17 years as a newspaperman in Illinois and Virginia.