Bring in another suitor, as in the Indianapolis Airport Authority, could alter the longstanding agreement between Chicago and Gary as it relates to the Gary airport. In 1995, then-Chicago Mayor Richard Daley hatched a plan to keep then Illinois Gov. ...

Kustra worked as a staffer at the Illinois Legislature while pursuing his master’s in public administration. “We talked a lot about how we wanted to make the system work,” he recalled. When Jim Edgar asked Kustra to be his running mate as lieutenant...

His connections with local reporters run deep and wide, and the same can be said of everyone at his new place of employment, the Res Publica Group. Described by many local political insiders as “heavy hitters,” Res Publica was founded in 2002 by Guy...

"It gives the governor an opportunity to lay out his vision. Typically, it turns into somewhat of a laundry list," said Mike Lawrence, who as a top aide to ex-Gov. Jim Edgar was involved in all eight of Edgar's State of the State speeches. (And) it is...

Daniels, the only man who has ever managed to wrest the speakership from him. In 1994, the Republican Revolution and the Jim Edgar landslide swept a GOP majority into the state house. It lasted only two years. Madigan has served with seven governors --...

State Rep. Chapin Rose, who wants to jump to the Senate after nine years in the House, announced former Gov. Jim Edgar is backing him in his bid for the 51st Senate District seat against Ellsworth physician-lawyer Tom Pliura. Pliura countered with an...