Illinois state Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) thinks that Judge Anne Burke’s recent election as Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court has sweeping consequences for the idea of fairness across the state.
The election of Chicago Alderman Ed Burke’s wife as the state’s most-powerful judge at the same time he is facing a federal corruption indictment has state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) raging against what he sees as the machine here in Illinois.
State Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) gathered with fellow state lawmakers and diabetes health advocates in Peoria Monday to urge support for a new measure aimed at reducing the skyrocketing cost of insulin.
Financial decay is happening at all levels of Illinois state government, according to the president of state news aggregation and research site Wirepoints.
In announcing his plans to seek reelection as state representative in the 101st District, veteran lawmaker Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) proclaimed there is still much work to be done.