constitutional amendment

NPR Illinois and the UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership present a panel discussion on how news media, the press, are under multiple threats to their independence. Medill's Tim Franklin and attorney Don Craven join moderator Sean Crawford to sort through the issues.

Republican state lawmakers — who are in the super-minority in the state legislature —introduced a package of election-focused bills aimed at making it…

This week a bipartisan group of Illinois lawmakers introduced a constitutional amendment that would create an independent commission to draw the…

Voters in the general election will be asked to weigh in on a proposed amendment to the state’s Constitution that would protect money set aside for…

Illinois voters this fall will have a chance to amend the state constitution. The governor refuses to say whether he supports the change.Illinois has…

Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican, has gotten a lot of traction with his push for term limits. Voters seem to love the idea just as much as legislators hate…

A divided Illinois Supreme Court is sticking by its decision on redistricting.The Independent Maps group spent millions of dollars pushing a plan it…

The candidates vying to be Illinois comptroller are at odds over whether the office should even continue to exist.Estimates say cash-strapped Illinois…

Legislators have ratified an amendment to the Illinois constitution but it's up to voters whether the provision will be enshrined in state law.Over the…

A push to change Illinois' flat income tax into a graduated tax died on the vine this week. And Illinois Republicans have some difficult decisions to make…