State Senator Martin Sandoval, who is under federal investigation for possible bribery and fraud involving state construction work, resigned Friday as head of the powerful Illinois Senate Transportation Committee, hours after the chamber released an unredacted search warrant revealing more details about an FBI raid last month.

Thousands of Illinois Democrats met Thursday in Springfield for the party’s annual state fair brunch. Candidates repeated familiar attacks on Republicans. But some say they need to do more.

With roughly three months to go until Illinois' primary election, there are seven men seeking the Democratic Party's nomination to be governor of Illinois. One of the key questions facing primary voters: To counter the vast wealth of incumbent Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, do Democrats need their own billionaire at the top of the ticket?