Capitol Connection

One last time. Tune in this Sunday. Governor J.B. Pritzker and Senate President Don Harmon are my guests on Capitol Connection.

As a handful of GOP hopefuls are building primary campaigns to run for governor, their allies in the House and Senate are ramping up their criticism of Governor J.B. Pritzker’s handling of state agencies. wcia.com/news/capitol-news/p…

Illinois would need to lift an old ban on new nuclear construction before data centers or factories could install micro reactors to generate their own nuclear power and take stress off the rest of the power grid: wcia.com/news/capitol-news/s…

Support is swelling in the statehouse to create a new tax incentive program to lure microchip manufacturers to Illinois. wcia.com/news/capitol-news/m…

She was the first House Democrat to challenge former Speaker Michael Madigan for his gavel. Rep. Stephanie Kifowit reacted to Madigan’s federal indictment on Capitol Connection: wcia.com/news/capitol-news/m…

House Democrat Curtis Tarver (D-Chicago) says the state should tighten the election laws to make sure any former public officials who were convicted for bribery or corruption while in office should be barred from ballots in the future. wcia.com/news/capitol-news/f…

After ex-speaker Madigan’s indictment, new speaker Chris Welch repeated his claims that the U.S. Attorney’s Office, not the legislature, was the proper forum to handle criminal complaints. wcia.com/news/capitol-news/w…

Tune in to @CapConnectIL this Sunday

Illinois has been through a lot in 203 years. Back in April, Illinois State Archives Director David Joens described the history of divisions in our state and the complicated legacy of those imperfect leaders whose decisions to unite us helped us survive turbulent times.

The Jim Edgar Interview: He grades Governor Pritzker's handling of the pandemic, reacts to Pritzker repealing the Parental Notification Act, handicaps the 2022 primary field of GOP hopefuls, and makes the case for compromise in politics. wcia.com/illinois-capitol-ne…

Coming up on @CapConnectIL this Sunday, our exclusive interview with former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar. Tune in at 10:30 on @WCIA3, or you can check your local listings.

While Governor Pritzker was promoting Illinois as a clean energy job engine and elevating his political profile on a global stage, Illinois Republicans were attacking him on social media for being absent on the job or out of touch with the working class. wcia.com/illinois-capitol-ne…

BREAKING: Illinois Democrats gerrymander new Congressional maps to shrink GOP delegation from five down to three incumbents, create new vacancy for a majority-Latino district: wcia.com/illinois-capitol-ne…

llIinois repeals the last anti-abortion law on the books. The Senate could move to shield the state & businesses from vaccine mandate suits. The congressional maps are in doubt. A push to restore voting rights to convicts in state prison missed by 3 votes.

Breaking late Wednesday night: the Illinois legislature votes to repeal the "last anti-abortion law on the books." wcia.com/illinois-capitol-ne…

The federal ruling sets up a November hearing where the courts could determine whether to keep or throw out the new state legislative maps Pritzker signed into law last month. wcia.com/illinois-capitol-ne…

Champaign County State's Attorney Julia Rietz said it’s often a lack of hard evidence, not lenient laws, that allows violent criminals to go free. She called for greater resources to fund street surveillance cameras and lab equipment to process evidence. wcia.com/illinois-capitol-ne…

"Climate change is going to cost us more if we don't act now," House Speaker Chris Welch said. "Climate change is costing homeowners right now because of the spike in insurance after every flood, and every tornado in each of our districts." wcia.com/illinois-capitol-ne…

Congressman Darin LaHood (R-Illinois 18th District), acknowledged that defeating Governor Pritzker would be a "tough, uphill battle in Illinois." wcia.com/illinois-capitol-ne…

Two months after Illinois "fully reopened," approximately four in ten state workers are still working remotely. wcia.com/illinois-capitol-ne…