Is the charge true? “I’d say yes,” said CBS 2’s Derrick Blakley.

“Spare me the mea culpa, the woke’ moment, the grasping press releases. Democratic women running under Madigan’s political umbrella have become adept at looking the other way. Any other elected official and party leader would be long gone. Instead, Madigan continues to be re-elected as party chair and House speaker. Actually valuing women, their policy contributions and their diversity, is not really the goal of the Madigan program. Putting up female candidates in the suburbs because they poll well and have increased Madigan’s voting majority — that is the Madigan program.”

Despite job losses, Illinois’ unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent in August from 4.2 percent in July. This implies the state’s labor force is shrinking.

Edge credits to businesses aren’t working in a state that hasn’t addressed its debt and pension crisis.