The two most intense state legislative pressure campaigns I’ve witnessed both ended in failure.

Is the SAFE-T Act perfect?

The literally last-minute petition filing meant that people who would’ve run if García had announced his intent earlier were shut out of the race.

House Democratic legislators received a stern lecture during the second week of veto session about leaks from their private party caucus meetings.

The heart of the transit funding package is a decision to use all state motor fuel sales taxes to fund mass transit instead of sending that cash to the Road Fund.

The Chicago Teachers Union president was recently elected president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers. State legislators haven’t appreciated aggressive advocacy by CTU allies in the past.

The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights held a statehouse lobby day last week to push its far-reaching veto session agenda.

The announcement last week that the Illinois AFL-CIO was withdrawing from the “agreed bill process” at least 40 years after its inception took almost everyone by surprise, but nobody was really shocked.

The goal of the majority of Democrats has always been to have support from unions and the major environmental groups when it comes to big energy bills.