<div><p>With Illinois remaining in political and budgetary gridlock, the governor may soon face challenges from within his own party.</p><p>Governor Bruce Rauner, a Republican elected in 2014, may sign Illinois House Bill 40. If passed, it would provide state funding for abortions <a href="https://a

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<div><p>President Donald Trump’s quest for uncovering election fraud may find new life in Illinois.</p><p>After winning the 2016 election Trump&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/802972944532209664" rel="noopener noreferrer">charged</a>&nbsp;that "millions" of people cast illeg

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<div><p><strong>ILLINOIS</strong> - Political reform in Illinois comes slowly, but one group is renewing the effort to put redistricting back in the hands of the people.</p><p>After each decennial census, a state’s district maps are redrawn. In most states, politicians draw the boundaries which gene

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<div><p>A bipartisan team of U.S. senators last week <a href="http://news.antiwar.com/2016/12/02/senate-passes-new-bill-targeting-college-students-who-criticize-israel/" rel="noopener noreferrer">introduced</a> legislation designed to identify and investigate anti-Semitic language and incidents on c

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<div><p>The court ruling to end extreme political gerrymandering in Wisconsin may have reverberations in neighboring Illinois.</p><p>As IVN previously <a href="http://ivn.us/2016/11/22/wisconsin-court-strikes-down-gerrymandering/" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a>, the Wisconsin Republican Part

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<div><p>Illinois is one step away from becoming the <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-10/alaska-s-oil-cash-now-comes-with-automatic-voter-registration" rel="noopener noreferrer">seventh</a> <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/automatic-voter-registration" rel="noope

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<div><p>In 2018, 33 US Senate seats, or <a href="http://www.periodicalpress.senate.gov/reelection-2016/" rel="noopener noreferrer">one-third</a> of the US Senate, will be up for election.</p><p>Eight incumbents are Republicans, but each of their states routinely vote Republican and so they are unlik

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<div><p>Upon securing the Republican presidential nomination earlier this year, several <a href="http://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/3/1/11139054/trump-party-realignment" rel="noopener noreferrer">commentators</a> <a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/2016-election-realignment-partis

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<div><p>Illinois US Senator Mark Kirk may be the most <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/mark-kirk-senate-2016-republicans-illinois-215070" rel="noopener noreferrer">vulnerable</a> Republican senator running for re-election in 2016. His contentious relationship with his party highlights 

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