J.B. Pritzker

The field includes a conservative farmer and state lawmakers, the mayor of Illinois’ second largest city, a former state senator and three political newcomers.

The special session of the General Assembly in the coming weeks to focus on legislation to strengthen women’s access to abortion and other reproductive health services in Illinois.

Lawmakers and environmental advocates raised concerns about the potential for PFAS chemicals to be burned in the Metro East.

Illinois will need more doctors and nurses to provide abortions as an expected surge of patients from other states arrive for the procedure, Gov. J.B. Pritkzer said during a campaign stop Wednesday in East St. Louis, once the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

“This budget is nothing more than a campaign tool for Pritzker and the Democratic Party,” Senate Minority Leader Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, said.

The founder of Citadel, the hedge fund and financial services behemoth, has hit Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on rising crime. Griffin’s critics call these investments and holdings “hypocritical.”

“This one race, if done well, can lead to many more years of economic change for the Metro East,” said the owner of World Wide Technology Raceway.

“I’m sure Gov. Pritzker didn’t think the internet providers would be causing the digital divide, but they are,” said one member of the community who's been pushing for high speed internet for more than a decade.

Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike will resign after leading the agency for three years, including two years of navigating a deadly pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 32,000 Illinoisans.