Mitchell Armentrout

Gov. JB Pritzker called the team’s latest shift in its stadium focus “a startling slap in the face.”

The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.

Gov. JB Pritzker suggested Illinois’ threat to retaliate helped defeat the measure across the border — and he didn’t rule out an effort to expand his state’s 14-3 Democratic edge.

The Illinois General Assembly passed a law last year allowing for people to carry their IDs on their cellphones.

The state’s supermajority party could still reconvene to redraw maps in order to keep up with Republican gerrymandering efforts, but serious logistical questions remain.

Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump’s administration, over the objections of local leaders.

“This is the most unusual situation I’ve seen in my entire lifetime,” the governor said Monday of what appears to be the first fatal shooting by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent this year. A man who witnessed the deadly encounter said he doesn’t think the official account is true.

Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz spurred protests that pushed President Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has since threatened to send the Guard to Chicago while promising a crime crackdown and immigration arrests.

More than a decade removed from the last time a Republican won a statewide election in Illinois, state GOP leaders say they have plenty of time to build a strong ticket.

Redistricting was a large focus at an annual gathering of the state party’s central committee and the Republican County Chair’s Association in Springfield, with a pre-taped message from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that dubbed his push “fair” and “necessary” setting the tone for the day.