Illinois Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) became Illinois House of Representatives majority leader Thursday. Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-Hillside) selected Gabel for the role. Gabel will replace state Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) — who did not run for reelection last year — as the majority leader. Gabel has represented the state’s 18th District since 2010. She.
An internal power squabble that briefly turned public and ugly had already resolved before Saturday’s meeting to elect a new chair to lead the Illinois Democratic Party for the next four years. But the fight hung over the meeting at Springfield’s largest union hall as U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly accepted her ouster as head of the state party an organization that had, for years, largely been another fundraising tool for longtime Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.
Heading into the final hours of the General Assembly’s spring legislative session on Friday, lawmakers’ to-do list has been pared down to the bare essentials as they prepare to leave Springfield seven weeks earlier than their usual end-of-May sprint.
More than a year after his ouster as the longest-serving legislative leader in the country, former House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) has been indicted, federal prosecutors are set to announce Wednesday afternoon.
Illinois is known across the land for political corruption. I always get a hearty, knowing chuckle when I tell Rotary Club luncheons that I have worked for three unindicted Illinois