Pretty good summary except for the part about the Speaker being a devout Catholic.
He was banned from receiving communion by Bishop Paprocki in Springfield churches in 2013 after voting to expand abortion access and in a 2019 deposition said he does not belong to a church or parish.
I hope, for the sake of myself, my parents, and my children, that this is a new day in Illinois.
Recommend the State Week piece. It’s worth a listen, and Rich doesn’t hold back.
” I think you’ll see him retire to a private life and I wish him the best on that”