Progress Illinois

Here's the latest from the Democratic primary for Cook County board president.

Ald. Toni Preckwinkle released her second ad today, which includes a surprise cameo:

Kudos to the campaign for injecting a little humor into the spot.  Also, ...

Harrison Ford was in Chicago yesterday to promote a new film and revived his criticism of Mayor Daley's 2003 decision to bulldoze Miegs Field.  (Daley ordered the dead-of-night runway destruction despite an ongoing public debate over whether to close the lakefront airport...

Last night, ABC 7 Chicago hosted and aired a debate between the Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate.  As the Tribune's Rick Pearson noted in his write-up, all of the candidates "looked far from comfortable" during the in-studio event.  For instance, in her opening ...

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resurfaced on the political scene this week.  First, he appeared at a press conference announcing a lawsuit against the Chicago Transit Authority, after which the Reader's Mick Dumke attempted to catch up with him. 

Then this morning, he ...

Newstips' Curtis Black alerts us today to some interesting developments in Hennepin, where steelmaker ArcelorMittal closed its factory last year, moving its operations overseas and laying off 300 Illinois workers.  From the Peoria Journal-Star:

Could tiny Putnam ...

U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias has a newTV ad on the air today.  In an attempt to put a positive spin on the Bright Start controversy, the state treasurer notes that Consumer Reports gave the college savings program an "A" grade in March 2009. The commercial ...