From Capitol News Illinois: Progressive Democrats want to see more taxes on businesses and billionaires and the end of some economic development incentives. Republicans are calling for a measured approach that prepares for the possibility of an economic slowdown

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared Wednesday before a House committee investigating sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, trying to explain to lawmakers his contact with the financier after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl

A majority of Republican Indiana state senators whose opponents were endorsed by President Donald Trump lost on Tuesday, a display of the president’s enduring influence over his party after lawmakers rejected his redistricting plan five months ago

Senate Republicans have added $1 billion in White House security upgrades to legislation that would fund immigration enforcement agencies, a proposed boost for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project

ICE in budget documents says it plans to remove 1 million people this fiscal year and the next, compared with roughly 442,000 people last year

After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, and send the bipartisan package to President Donald Trump to sign

The Iran war has cost $25 billion so far, according to Pentagon numbers presented to the House Armed Services Committee

The Supreme Court on Wednesday weakened a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and elsewhere, striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana and opening the door for more redistricting

The Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security early Thursday, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections and sending it to the House

When Democrats came out swinging, Kennedy became more defiant, even at times screaming his rebuttals — though some of them didn’t align with the facts

The Ogle County Republican Party Precinct Committeemen gathered April 15 in the historic Ogle County Courthouse in Oregon for their biennial county convention.

An appellate court supported a Will County judge’s decision in 2025 that allowed Cesar Guerrero to go back on the ballot for the election of Joliet Township supervisor after he paid campaign fines. 

The House early Friday approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies in a post-midnight vote after Republicans revolted and refused President Donald Trump’s push for a longer extension

From Capitol News Illinois: The bill would also require social media platforms to have default privacy settings for minors that would stop addictive feeds, location sharing and transactions with digital currency

From Capitol News Illinois: A long-proposed bill to improve price transparency and ban junk fees passed the Illinois House for the second time in three years. A plan pushed by Gov. JB Pritzker to create a new abortion grant fund is advancing to the Senate

A Will County Board member was sentenced to court supervision in a computer tampering case but avoided trial when the key witness in a traffic case failed to show up for trial a second time.

From Capitol News Illinois: The blame game comes after Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas released a report that found property taxes in the state’s largest county have grown faster than inflation and wage growth over the past 30 years

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced a plan Wednesday to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security

House Republicans are rejecting a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, a revolt that risks delaying a resolution to the funding impasse now in its 42nd day that has created long lines at many of the nation’s airports

The Senate early Friday morning approved Homeland Security funds to pay TSA agents and most other agencies, but not the immigration enforcement operations at the heart of the budget impasse

Traynere was convicted of misdemeanor computer tampering on March 9, won a spot on the November ballot in the primary election March 17, and was called upon to resign by Republican County Board on Thursday.

A Will County judge awarded $45,901 in damages and attorney fees to a woman after finding a man had caused her to suffer harassment over a fake Facebook post regarding U.S. President Donald Trump.

Diane Harris, a Joliet Junior College trustee, will be on the statewide ballot as Republican candidate for secretary of state.

Those running to represent Illinois in the next Congress will be part of one of the most consequential midterm elections in decades

Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump’s pick for Department of Homeland Security secretary, said Wednesday that Congress needed to put partisanship aside and fund the department

Voters in the primary picked two county board members in their party from each district to run in the general election in November.

Unofficial vote totals Tuesday night indicate 57% of the more than 27,000 ballots cast selected Dillan Vancil of Gladstone over Julie Bickelhaupt of Mount Carroll.

Illinois state Rep. Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, is on track to retain her 89th District seat, with unofficial results indicating a solid primary election win over challenger Victoria Onorato of Byron

In a crowded race for retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s Senate seat, Republican Don Tracy has secured the GOP nomination in Tuesday’s primary, according to unofficial election results. Check back for updates

It’s primary election day in Illinois and here are the races we will be watching when the polls close at 7 p.m.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where DeKalb County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where Kane County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where Grundy County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where Kankakee County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where La Salle, Bureau and Putnam county voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where Ogle County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where DuPage County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where Kendall County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where McHenry County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where Will County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war in Iran

The election on Tuesday will decide which Democrat and Republican will compete in the November election for Will County sheriff. Polls close at 7 p.m.

Will County Board members Jacqueline Traynere, Judy Ogalla and Steve Balich all in competitive primary contests on Tuesday.

The Ogle County Republican Party, one of the oldest county Republican organizations in the nation, celebrated its most successful annual drawdown raffle in history on Thursday, March 12, at the Rock River Center in Oregon.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where Whiteside, Lee and Carroll county voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

He’s grown more agitated with news coverage and has failed to find a way to explain why he started the war — or how he will end it

Republican voters in the 17th Congressional District on Tuesday will decide who will face U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Rockford, in the November general election, while voters in Lee County will decide a number of referendums.

Voters in Ogle County will see few contested races on their ballots for the March 17 primary election.

From Capitol News Illinois: Republican county clerks cautioned that while they weren’t fazed by President Donald Trump’s messaging or proposed changes to voting laws, they are concerned about how federal cuts to cybersecurity initiatives could affect future elections