After unrest on the West Side following MLK's assassination — and later at the DNC — Illinois went to the Republicans, who won the state in six consecutive elections. Read more
As rural legislators protest Pritzker's stay-at-home order, they could alienate centrist voters, turning the Illinois GOP into an even more hardcore minority. Read more
The president doesn't want coronavirus relief going to "poorly run" states like Illinois. In fact, we pay the federal government far more than we receive. Read more
Pritzker has used COVID-19 to push the Fair Tax, and Lightfoot to loosen the municipal purse strings. That could cost them the moral high ground needed to govern in a crisis. Read more
Nobody expected the billionaire hotel heir to be a strong governor. But during the COVID-19 crisis, he's made decisions shirked by leaders both below and above him. Read more
