After giving millions of dollars to Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey’s unsuccessful 2022 campaign, megadonor Richard Uihlein of Lake Forest is backing a different candidate in the 2026 contest. When asked about the prevalence of big donations to Dabrowski’s campaign, DuPage County Republican Party Chair Kevin Coyne said the candidate’s former employer, Wirepoints, is “very, very popular” among Republicans in the business world.

Illinois elections are broken — with roughly half of legislative races uncontested after politicians drew maps to lock in power. Now, two political veterans, one a Democrat and one a Republican, think they’ve found a way to fix it.

“This is a public building. The Village of Broadview receives at least $1 million in federal funding every year. This is how JB Pritzker and his cronies treat our law enforcement. Absolutely shameful.”

The good news is there are textbook approaches available to guide the design of this needed tax reform that would simultaneously eliminate the structural deficit and more fairly impose tax burden on people. The bad news is it’s always difficult to generate the political will required to get tax reform, no matter how needed, passed into law.