‘The Stopper Committees’: Are Bills Sent To Money Committees Just To Die?
House Finance and Senate Ways and Means committees are supposed to deal with fiscal measures, but their influence runs much ...
Anointed by powerful father, state Sen. Emil Jones III heads to trial on bribery charges
Chicago Democrat Emil Jones III was made a state senator in 2008 in a classic Illinois way, on a path paved by his powerful father that left little to chance. Now, Jones is rolling the dice with a ...