House Bill 4481 increases the number of cameras along expressways and state highways in nearly two dozen Illinois counties.

“The whole rough-and-tumble of classless politics was anathema to his character,” said his former chief of staff and protégé Mark Kirk, who succeeded John Porter in the U.S. House before being elected U.S. Senator in 2010. “He was representing the best-educated district in the country. The district wanted an independent leader, and he was that independent leader.”

“The thing about the Illinois Supreme Court is that it’s not an activist, ideologically driven court, historically,” said Chris Mooney, W. Russell Arrington Professor of State Politics at University of Illinois Chicago. “The state Supreme Court has done its best over the years to be very conservative, with a small c. That means it’s not about changing policy. It’s not about, you know, imposing some ideological test on things. It’s trying to find the easiest way, the simplest way, to resolve a case.”

Champaign resident Victoria Williams delivers food about 8 hours each day and spends $60 dollar each shift on gas. “It used to be quick money, but now it’s like it doesn’t even balance out at this point. By the time I fill up my tank, I don’t have money for anything else”

“The Governor regularly holds public events with press availability and welcomes press questions about the COVID-19 pandemic,” Alex Gough, a spokesman from the governor’s office, said in a statement. “Additionally, the Governor’s social media channels regularly provide information and real time updates as the health metrics evolve.”

The commission’s efforts come as Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed the state’s first civil hate crime lawsuit against a mother and son for harassing a Black neighbor by hanging a painted Black dummy resembling the plaintiff from a noose on a tree facing his house

Jim Dey: “The best thing going for the Republicans is the Democrats and vice versa. Each has the capacity to make the other look like an acceptable alternative to frustrated voters.”