A member of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration says he won't be supporting Donald Trump as the party's nominee for president. The governor's aide also says he will skip the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this July.
Presidential candidates are making final swings through Illinois ahead of Tuesday's primary. Amanda Vinicky has a roundup of the weekend campaigning, and a preview of what's still to come.
The nationally syndicated columnist and conservative commentator was on the University of Illinois Urbana campus Tuesday to speak at Foellinger Auditorium. Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline got Will's thoughts on the Republican presidential primary, among other topics.
Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says the country needs to wait until early March, after few caucuses and primaries, to get a true sense of who the Republican nominee will be for president. He says early February's Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire primary aren't enough to gain a complete picture.
Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and Republican Congressman Rodney Davis agreed with the pope's words before a joint meeting of Congress Thursday. But they differed over funding for Planned Parenthood.
