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Assessor candidate says Cook County clerk, others violated court order
By Bob Susnjara
Apr 20, 2018 6:03 PM - Andrea Raila has gone to an Illinois appellate court over what she contends was an unfair Democratic primary for Cook County assessor last month.
Comey memos offer new details on his interactions with Trump as probe intensified
By Ellen Nakashima and Devlin Barrett
Apr 20, 2018 6:17 AM - President Donald Trump expressed concerns about the judgment of his national security adviser Michael Flynn weeks before forcing him to resign, according to memos kept by former FBI director James Comey that recount in detail efforts by Trump to influence the bureau's expanding investigation of Russia.
Kane County clerk wants disbanding Aurora Election Commission's money
By James Fuller
Apr 19, 2018 7:08 PM - Where the leftover money from the Aurora Election Commission winds up will have a say in Kane County clerk's November plans.
Downstate conservative roils governor race by declaring candidacy
By Marni Pyke
Apr 19, 2018 6:42 PM - Downstate Republican Illinois Sen. Sam McCann created waves in the already turbulent gubernatorial election Thursday by jumping into the governor's race as a Conservative Party candidate. He's no spoiler McCann says, calling Rauner worse than Democrat Speaker Mike Madigan.
Some 'flabbergasted' by Brown's mayoral bid
Chicago Sun-Times
Apr 19, 2018 4:59 PM - Black leaders and pundits can't understand why Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown is running for mayor of Chicago instead of running for cover four years into a federal grand jury investigation into alleged job- and promotion-selling in her office that has already bagged two targets.
Mount Prospect trustee plans mayoral run in 2021
By Steve Zalusky
Apr 18, 2018 12:37 PM - Mount Prospect's longest-serving village trustee is taking aim for a higher office in the 2021 election. Trustee Paul Hoefert said Wednesday he will seek the mayor's office in three years.
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen did legal work for Fox News commentator Sean Hannity
By Philip Bump, Devlin Barrett and Beth Reinhard
Apr 16, 2018 3:01 PM - President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen did work for Fox News commentator Sean Hannity in the last year, one of just three legal clients Cohen represented after leaving his post as a counsel for Trump's private company in early 2017, his attorney told a federal judge Monday.
Comey says Trump 'morally unfit to be president,' possibly susceptible to Russian blackmail
By Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett
Apr 16, 2018 7:40 AM - Former FBI Director James Comey said in his first televised interview since being fired that he believed Donald Trump was "morally unfit to be president" and that it was "possible" that the Russians had material that could be used to blackmail him. In a wide-ranging conversation with George Stephanopoulos broadcast on ABC late Sunday, Comey took aim at Trump in no uncertain terms, comparing his administration to a mafia family, likening his presidency to a forest fire and asserting there was evidence that he had committed a crime.
It's official: Hartwell wins GOP primary for judge seat by 44 votes
By Harry Hitzeman
Apr 11, 2018 3:46 PM - Thomas Hartwell won the Republican nomination for a countywide judge seat in 16th Judicial Circuit by 44 votes, according to results that were made official this week, and will face Democrat Mike Noland in November.
Illinois GOP unites against graduated tax rate plan
Associated Press
Apr 11, 2018 7:17 AM - Illinois House Republicans struck the first blow Tuesday in an election-year debate over the state's tax structure, uniting against the idea of converting the flat income tax rate into a graduated one.

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Downstate conservative roils governor race by declaring candidacy

Updated Apr 19, 2018 6:42 PM

Downstate Republican Illinois Sen. Sam McCann created waves in the already turbulent gubernatorial election Thursday by jumping into the governor’s race as a Conservative Party candidate. He’s no spoiler McCann says, calling Rauner worse than Democrat Speaker Mike Madigan.