Dave McKinney | WBEZ

Former President Donald Trump came to west-central Illinois Saturday to deliver his “complete and total endorsement” for state Sen. Darren Bailey, giving the ultraconservative downstate lawmaker gold-plated momentum heading into Tuesday’s six-way gubernatorial primary.

Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ poll finds a majority of likely Republican voters would support Trump in 2024, and even more believe he should be in office now.

The Sun-Times/WBEZ poll of likely Republican voters shows the downstate Republican state senator with a double-digit lead over the Aurora mayor.

GOP rivals echo the political strategy Pritzker used to unseat Bruce Rauner in 2018, but some say COVID-19 and Legionnaires outbreaks are not equal.

Fundraising leader Richard Irvin faces blow after blow from rivals but brushes it all off, saying, ‘I’m hurting their political aspirations.’

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin held a rare press conference Monday that turned into repeated questions about the possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade.

Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic legislative leaders struck a state budget deal Thursday that provides more than $1.8 billion in tax relief to inflation-weary Illinoisans, handing the party what it hopes will be a potent message of empathy and fiscal solvency heading into fall campaigns.

Investment tycoon Ken Griffin has blamed Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for rising crime, calling his response to Chicago’s violence a “disgrace.” Critics say that rhetoric is “hypocritical” given Griffin’s firms’ stock portfolios.

As hospitalizations continue to drop, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker intends Wednesday to announce a lifting of a universal indoor masking order for most public places except for schools, a source familiar with the plan confirmed Tuesday.