Last weekend, Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto stamp nearly ran out of ink, as he vetoed dozens of bills that passed through the General Assembly during the spring session. Staying true to the theme of his administration, Rauner’s vetoes targeted many of the state’s most vulnerable groups: immigrants, children, veterans and [...]
Last week, at the annual Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ association brunch, over three-thousand Democrats gathered in Springfield to kickoff the campaign season. After hearing from Illinois’ Democratic party leaders including, Senate President John Cullerton, Sen. Dick Durbin, and candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, JB Pritzker and Juliana Stratton, the [...]
As a lifelong resident of the 36th district, Gregg Johnson remembers growing up in the close-knit Rock Island community where people looked out for one another. It wasn’t uncommon for many neighbors to work at the same place. As a teenager, Gregg had decided that college wasn’t the right choice [...]
After Donald Trump’s election in 2016, there was a movement of people nationwide who were motivated to get involved in politics for the first time. Illinois is no exception. This year, just under 15 weeks out from the November elections, we have 18 Democrats running for the state senate in [...]
In her campaign for state senate, Nancy Zettler often talks about standing up to large corporations who value profits over people. But for Nancy, this isn’t just another talking point. Since the day she graduated law school, she literally took on some of the biggest corporations. Nancy recalls the 1982 [...]
