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An Illinois lawmaker wants to ban ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s portrait from the Capitol

Madigan, the longtime Illinois House speaker, is charged with bribery and conspiracy. A lawmaker wants to ban his portrait from the House.

Chicago Sun-Times

Corruption in Illinois breeds voter cynicism, but what about voter apathy?

Calculating the true cost of corruption on Illinois residents is a complicated task wrapped in contradiction. A WBEZ analysis shows people may be more cynical, government more expensive, but voter interest in state elections only increased.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois governor’s mansion haunted by history, hijinks, heirlooms and art — but no ghosts

First lady M.K. Pritzker gave columnist Michael Sneed a tour of the quietly elegant, Illinois artist-infused, dreamily redecorated mansion and exclusive details on the book she’s written about its history and secrets.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Crowded defense table expected at Trump trial? This Chicago legal powerhouse insists size doesn’t matter

Obviously, there is no precedent for prosecuting a former U.S. president alongside enough fellow defendants to field opposing baseball lineups. But Chicago trial attorney Dan K. Webb remembers a Chicago trial with even more defendants.

Chicago Sun-Times

Nearly every prisoner on Louisiana's death row filed for clemency this summer

Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, recently said he is against the death penalty. Now a legal effort is racing to get requests for clemency to Edwards before he leaves office.

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ComEd parent Exelon is paying legal bills for two executives convicted of bribery

The company will not say how much it has paid to attorneys representing ex-CEO Anne Pramaggiore and VP John Hooker, but a rep says ratepayer funds are not used.

Chicago Sun-Times

Activist Sister Helen Prejean has counseled popes, governors on death penalty: ‘She’s not a scold; she appeals to your reason’

Prejean, 84, addresses Catholic lawyers in Chicago, reminisces about fights against capital punishment — and will likely attend her seventh execution later this year.

Chicago Sun-Times

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How a Chicago airport was erased from the map 20 years ago

On March 31, 2003, bulldozers sent by Mayor Richard M. Daley destroyed the runway at Meigs Field. The move was seen then and now as an example of mayoral overreach.

Chicago Sun-Times

More than just the Tumblers

As he nears retirement, Jesse White reflects on his time in baseball, the military, 1955 Montgomery, as secretary of state and his work with a certain well-known gymnastics group.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois governors in their own words

Sneed provides remembrances of interviews with chief executives going back to Richard Ogilvie.

Chicago Sun-Times

The future of the Illinois GOP — and how far right it may go — lies with this month’s primary

CHICAGO — More than just picking nominees for governor and other offices, Illinois Republicans’ choices this June 28 primary also will determine the GOP’s future and whether the state party’s gradual move to the right in recent years will accelerate.

Chicago Tribune

Downstate Republicans Brady and Milhiser battle to reclaim — and freshen up — ‘outdated’ secretary of state’s office

Bloomington state Rep. Dan Brady and former federal prosecutor John Milhiser each say they’ve demonstrated the ability to rack up bipartisan support during lengthy, distinguished careers in central Illinois political circles.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jim Ryan, two-term Illinois attorney general, former GOP governor nominee, dead at 76

In 2002, Mr. Ryan passed up a possible third term as attorney general and ran for governor, losing to Democrat Rod Blagojevich.

Chicago Sun-Times

It’s happening in Illinois: a far-right Republican leads race to be GOP candidate for governor

A Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ poll is one of two that show state Sen. Darren Bailey leading Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin in the Republican race for governor.

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Republican Darren Bailey picks up support from anti-abortion leaders — and millions from mega donor Dick Uihlein

The endorsements from Illinois Family Action, Illinois Federation for Right to Life and Illinois Citizens for Life come a day after Bailey reported a $2.5 million campaign contribution from Dick Uihlein, bringing the total the Lake Forest businessman has donated to $3,525,000.

Chicago Tribune

Politics at the pump: Illinois Democrats’ election-year plan to pause gas tax hike sparks backlash from station owners

CHICAGO — By Fourth of July, Illinois drivers likely will be greeted at the gas pump by 4-by-8-inch signs informing them that as they fill their tanks, they’re actually saving money, courtesy of their elected leaders in Springfield.

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman doing life in buried-alive killing of Kankakee media heir Stephen Small goes free

Nancy Rish, 60, won a reduction of her life sentence for murder earlier this month and was paroled Thursday. She says she drove Small’s kidnapper because he threatened her and her son but didn’t know he planned to bury Small in a wooden box.

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