Illinois Democrats say they’ve held onto big legislative majorities in first general election without ex-Speaker Madigan – Chicago Tribune*

"(House Republican leader Jim) Durkin had hoped to harness voter anger fueled by crime issues and the inflationary high prices for gasoline, groceries and mortgage rates lifted Republican chances of making headway in Springfield if ballots are cast in a throw-the-bums-out rage. But Democrats looked to pro-abortion rights voters to provide a political counterweight to help their party in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case."