By Benjamin Yount, Stephanie Fryer and Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — While the Republican presidential candidates are in New Hampshire this weekend, their surrogates are trying their best to bring the one-upmanship of the race to Illinois. Friday was the last day for the 2012 GOP presidential campaigns to file their delegates with [...]

By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — To hear Adam Andrzejewski tell it, the Republican primary this spring is not a contest between candidates, but a contest for the heart of the Illinois Republican Party.

By Andrew Thomason  Illinois | Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Pay increases for public employees in Illinois could become a trickle under a plan forming in the General Assembly.

By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Scott Lee Cohen had the signatures to demonstrate he deserved to be on the ballot. In fact, he had 133,000 of them, five times the number required by law.

By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News   SPRINGFIELD — It will be more than a year until Illinois’ new legislative districts are tested during the 2012 General Election, but for Illinois House District 106 in east-central Illinois, the campaigning has begun.   Once a decade, the state’s political lines may shift to reflect demographic [...]

By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — While Illinois Republican leaders talked of party unity, candidates and county chairmen addressed the impact of the state’s new redistricting map and the growing allegiance with the tea party.