Suburban legislators offered mixed reactions after the General Assembly s approval of a new ethics watchdog last week, and they sometimes extended beyond partisan arguments. When the Senate approved former judge Michael McCuskey to fill a long-vacant position of legislative inspector general, many Republicans bristled at what they described as "a power move" by Democrats
A political battle is shaping up between Gov. J.B. Pritzker s administration and one segment of the nursing home industry over a key element of the governor s budget proposal, expanding the state s health care workforce, particularly in long-term care facilities.
The response from suburban legislators to Gov. J.B. Pritzker s budget address Wednesday split mostly on party lines over whether the plans he outlined offered true solutions to the state s budget woes.
State lawmakers whose districts include or would be near the potential new Bears stadium in Arlington Heights said they believe the project would benefit the suburbs, but asked whether the state should help fund the venture, they were, well, less enthusiastic.