Guest columnist Joel Ebert is a former statehouse reporter who covered the legislature for The Tennessean from 2016 to 2020.He is also co-author of “Welcome to Capitol Hill: 50 Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics,” which will be released by…

Listen now: Erin Hegarty speeks with Daniel Comeaux from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning and Jim Merrell from Active Transportation Alliance about building a robust and safe network of bike lanes and infrastructure in Chicago and the…

Illinois lawmakers on Thursday approved new congressional boundaries expected to bolster Democrats’ advantage in the state’s delegation during a chaotic day in which lingering concern over the maps threatened to jeopardize their passage. What…

Ferguson sat down for an extensive exit interview with The Daily Line’s Alex Nitkin to catalog a litany of issues he said are still undermining the public’s trust in city government, from lax oversight by the City Council to structural shortcomings…

Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) on Tuesday touted a bill that would give prisoners the right to vote. Four GOP senators proactively pushed back on a bill that would eliminate Illinois’ parental notification law for teen abortions. And Gov. JB Pritzker…

A three-judge panel A panel of judges handling two of the lawsuits challenging the state’s legislative redistricting maps on Tuesday issued an opinion that said the June-approved district boundaries violated the U.S. Constitution, leaving open the…

Democrats on Friday released a first draft of their proposed congressional district boundaries, which they said would ensure equal representation for communities across Illinois. But they were met with a wide array of criticism from Republicans,…

With one week until the start of the General Assembly’s fall veto session, Illinois mayors on Tuesday joined the Illinois Municipal League in calling on the legislature to pass four bills they say will help their municipalities by opening a new…

congressional redistricting. Lawmakers’ congressional redistricting hearings continued to be plagued by lack of participation on Tuesday, with just three witnesses offering testimony in a hearing that largely consisted of partisan bickering.

Cook County circuit court clerk and former Sen. Iris Martinez Lawmakers on Friday formally initiated a process required by a 2019 state law that called for the redrawing of Cook County’s judicial subcircuit boundaries.

The Illinois House kicked off the state’s congressional redistricting process Thursday, holding a short hearing that featured a brief overview of the state’s population shifts that will play a central role in creating new political boundaries as a…

Lawmakers on Thursday will begin the congressional redistricting process. Five Republican senators introduced new public safety proposals. And state fire officials announced the recipients of 36 fire department grants for COVID-19 recovery.

AARP Illinois advocacy and outreach director Mary Anderson on Tuesday highlighted a new report from her organization and SAGE that examined the issues facing the state’s LGBTQ residents who are 50 or older. State policymakers should ensure a 2019 law…

Alex speaks to Chicago CFO Jennie Bennett, Budget Director Susie Park & Comptroller Reshma Soni about the Mayor $16.7 billion budget plan for the 2022 Fiscal Year. But can the plan really help climb Chicago out of the financial hole it has been…

Jon Coss State officials and a cybersecurity expert on Thursday reflected on the challenges’ Illinois’ unemployment system faced during the COVID-19 pandemic while noting planned changes could put the state ahead of the curve in dealing with new…

The Daily Line’s Joel Ebert discusses The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, a proposal recently signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker after months of discussions, negotiations and delays. Joining the discussion is Tinley Park Democrat Sen. Michael…

) The state lottery racked up $3.4 billion in sales in Fiscal Year 2021, making it the second-most lucrative year for the program on record, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report on wagering in Illinois.

Lawmakers on Wednesday pushed an Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) official for answers on a wide range of topics that largely centered on the deadly impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on residents of the state’s long-term care…

[Unsplash] The need for workers across various Illinois job sectors has resulted in an increase in starting pay, according to a new report from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA).

On this episode of The Cloutcast, Alex Nitkin speaks with Emma Tai, executive director of United Working Families and Chicago Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20) about what the “defund the police” movement means to them, and how they plan to advance its…