Madigan Chooses Second House District Replacement In Four Days After Asking First Choice To Resign
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s vacated 22nd District House seat has a new occupant — the second replacement in four days — after Madigan…
Madigan’s Handpicked Successor Resigns After Serving Three Days
Edward Guerra Kodatt, who was appointed Sunday to replace Former Speaker Michael Madigan, resigned abruptly Wednesday after Madigan and Chicago Ald….
Madigan Resigns As State Democratic Party Chairman
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan announced Monday that he is resigning as chairman of the state Democratic Party, a post he has held…
Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Resigns Seat
SPRINGFIELD — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has resigned from the seat he’s held for the last 50 years effective Thursday. Madigan went from being the longest-serving House Speaker in the nation to a mere state representative on Jan. 13 — the day he passed his Speaker’s gavel to Chris Welch, who makes history […]
Welch Sworn In As House Speaker, Ending Madigan’s Decades-Long Hold On Illinois Politics
SPRINGFIELD – Former House Speaker Mike Madigan is now merely State Rep. Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) for the first time in nearly four decades as the embattled Democratic leader passed the gavel on to new Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch (D-Hillside) Wednesday. Welch becomes Illinois’ first Black House speaker — a milestone celebrated by groups statewide in […]
Welch Becomes Illinois’ First Black Speaker Of The House
SPRINGFIELD — Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, will be the next speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives after days of closed-door meetings with fellow Democrats. Michael Madigan, who has been speaker for all but two years since 1983, issued a statement congratulating Welch as “speaker-elect” minutes before lawmakers were set to make the vote […]
Black Caucus Puts Welch Forth As Speaker Candidate
One day after state House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, announced a suspension – but not a withdrawal – of his campaign for another term as…
GOP: Madigan’s Suspended Campaign ‘Historic;’ Unsure If His Reign Is Over
In what could become one of the biggest shifts of political power in Illinois in decades, Mike Madigan announced Monday he’s suspending his campaign for…
Madigan Comes Up Short In First Caucus Vote For Speaker — But So Does Everyone Else
Embattled House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is facing down what could be his final two days as Speaker of the Illinois House — a title he’s held…
Pandemic, Social Unrest, Statehouse Scandals Top 2020 Stories
SPRINGFIELD – It was a year like no other, and one most Americans would just as soon forget, but 2020 is sure to last in the history books as one of the most tumultuous in modern history. It was a year when face masks and hand sanitizer became ubiquitous items of everyday life and when […]
Democrats Vote To End Legislative Investigation Of Madigan
Democratic allies of House Speaker Mike Madigan on Monday ended an inquiry into whether the speaker did anything that should disqualify him from serving…
Pritzker Calls On Madigan To Resign If He Can’t Explain Role In ComEd Bribery Scheme
House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is in jeopardy of losing his bid for a 19th term as speaker when the new General Assembly is inaugurated in…
Veto Session Canceled As Attention Again Turns To Madigan
Citing a sharp uptick in Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations across Illinois, Democratic leaders of the Illinois General Assembly canceled their…
217 Today — Nov. 6, 2020
Friday November 6, 2020 Today’s headlines: Some high-powered Democrats are calling on House Speaker Michael Madigan to resign as chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois. Illinois passed another grim COVID-19 milestone yesterday. More than 10,000 Illinoisans have now died after testing positive for the virus. Champaign County reported 60 new COVID-19 cases yesterday. The County […]
Durkin Calls On Democrats To Demand Madigan Answer Questions Or Resign
The top Republican in the Illinois House on Thursday called for Democrats, including Gov. JB Pritzker, to either demand that Democratic House Speaker…