Illinois State Senate
State Government: Elected Officials | State Legislative Bodies
Recent News About Illinois State Senate
-
GOP might keep redistricting fight alive
Stuart CHARLESTON -- The state Supreme Court won't touch the House of Delegates and state Senate redistricting plans, but the state Republican Party isn't letting the matter die. -
Court upholds House, Senate redistricting plans
McHugh CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court will not change the recently redrawn House of Delegates and state Senate district. -
Senate Judiciary plans to slow nomination hearings
Groh WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has decided to slow down nomination hearings to give time to confirm pending nominees. -
Court hears redistricting arguments
Ketchum CHARLESTON -- The legal battle over West Virginia's new legislative redistricting plan moved to the courtroom Thursday. -
THEIR VIEW: One 'Moore' battle for Rockefeller?
MORGANTOWN -- In 1972, Republican Arch Moore defeated Democrat Jay Rockefeller for governor of West Virginia. Eight years later, Rockefeller defeated Moore in the race for the same office. -
PERSONNEL FILE: WVU law professor to testify at U.S. Senate committee hearing
MORGANTOWN -- Patrick McGinley, a West Virginia University College of Law professor, was scheduled to testify at a U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing Nov. 17. -
Tennant responds to redistricting challenges
Tennant CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Secretary of State's Office on Monday filed its responses to three of the five challenges to the state's new legislative redistricting plan. -
WV CALA survey: Lawsuits hurt job creation
Heath CHARLESTON –- A majority of West Virginia voters see lawsuits hurting job opportunities in the Mountain State, according to a recent survey. -
State's high court sets arguments in redistricting cases
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in an order Wednesday, said oral arguments over the new House of Delegates and Senate redistricting plans will be held next week. -
Mon, Wood counties challenge Senate redistricting plan
Tennant CHARLESTON -- Legal challenges to West Virginia's new redistricting plan now have shifted to the Senate side of the Statehouse. -
Jefferson Co. commission suing over U.S. congressional districts
Noland MARTINSBURG -- The Jefferson County Commission and two of its members filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday, suing the state of West Virginia over the current makeup of its three congressional districts. -
Monroe Co. Commission jumps into House redistricting fight
CHARLESTON -- The Monroe County Commission has now joined the ranks of those suing over a new House of Delegates redistricting plan. -
Critics say McGraw should be accountable for Medicaid gap
McGraw CHARLESTON -- A growing number of West Virginians -- lawmakers, politicians and citizen groups -- say Attorney General Darrell McGraw needs to be held more accountable for a gaping hole in the state's Medicaid budget. -
Thacker one step closer to federal bench
Thacker WASHINGTON - A University of Richmond law school professor says the full U.S. Senate should "promptly confirm" West Virginia attorney Stephanie Thacker's nomination to a federal appeals court. -
Mason, Putnam object to Thompson intervening
Thompson CHARLESTON -- The two counties suing over a new House of Delegates redistricting plan say they object to House Speaker Rick Thompson's request to intervene. -
THEIR VIEW: Court should strike down House redistricting plan
CHARLESTON -- It's now up to the West Virginia Supreme Court to correct what the Legislature just couldn't bring itself to do. -
Thompson wants to intervene in redistricting suit
Thompson CHARLESTON -- West Virginia House Speaker Rick Thompson has asked to intervene in a lawsuit filed in the state Supreme Court arguing that a new House of Delegates redistricting plan is unconstitutional. -
THEIR VIEW: Cato slams caps on med mal awards
WASHINGTON -- "Reducing physician liability for negligent care by capping court awards, all else equal, will reduce the resources allocated to medical professional liability underwriting and oversight and make many patients worse off. Legislators who see mandatory liability caps as a cost-containment tool should look elsewhere." -
Report: W.Va. not helping cut outside influence in state court elections
WASHINGTON -- West Virginia's failure to fully fund a public financing program for the state Supreme Court of Appeals election next year was a setback in the effort to reduce the influence of special interests in state court elections, according to a national report released Thursday. -
Court's ruling in Jefferson deputy's termination could affect Berkeley case
MARTINSBURG – The state Supreme Court's recent decision in a Jefferson County deputy sheriff's termination may have an immediate implication for yet another similar case pending in the lower courts, this time in neighboring Berkeley County.