Kelly M. Cassidy

Last fall on this page, we endorsed candidates for the Illinois House based largely on their fiscal policies. Illinois is beyond a crisis point; its lawmakers need to find solutions. So: Were candidates willing to enact serious pension reform? Cut state...

I was depressed to hear that state Rep. Kelly Cassidy's, D-Chicago, sensible bill for restrictive concealed carry did not pass the Illinois House this week. But I was happy to hear that Brandon Phelps', D-Harrisburg, very unrestrictive bill did not pass. ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House Thursday night defeated a concealed weapons proposal favored by gun rights advocates, a setback that could spur negotiations toward finding common ground with lawmakers who back gun control. The legislation...

SPRINGFIELD—The Illinois House overwhelmingly rejected a concealed carry measure today in an emotional test vote on the controversial gun legislation. The legislation emerged in the form of an amendment that was modeled after a highly restrictive...

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, a star of ABC’s “Modern Family,” joined Lt. Governor Sheila Simon this morning in Chicago to advocate for gay marriage in Illinois. Simon, Ferguson and other supporters are heading to Springfield Thursday for...

A Chicago Democratic lawmaker charged with bribery a week ago won decisively in Tuesday's primary, the first election under a newly drawn map that shook up House and Senate seats from the city to the suburbs. Even before unofficial results rolled in,...

It's on! A true battle of the sexes between lawmakers. Women across the country are uniting, standing up to their anti-choice colleagues by introducing new amendments that would subject men and their BFFs to go through the same scrutiny as our "Virginias"...

Where do our lawmakers stand on the issue of legislative scholarships -- those tuition waivers that members of the state house and senate have traditionally been allowed to dispense to constituents? As part of the renewed effort to abolish that......