Articles by Mitchell Armentrout

State election board deadlocked on $10M campaign fine against Illinois Senate President Don Harmon

The Illinois State Board of Elections deadlocked Tuesday on whether to slap a nearly $10 million fine on Illinois Senate President Don Harmon’s political committee for allegedly accepting donations beyond campaign financing limits.The eight-member panel, evenly split along party lines, couldn’t even decide whether their agency has officially issued the fine that is being appealed by the powerhouse Oak Park Democrat, whose election board case is likely to end up in Cook County Circuit Court.The board agreed to return next month to try again for a resolution in Harmon’s legal fight over how...

Retired military leaders condemn Trump effort to deploy National Guard in Chicago

A group of retired military leaders on Thursday joined Gov. JB Pritzker’s call for President Donald Trump to back off his administration’s effort to send National Guard members onto the streets of Chicago.The attempted deployment that remains stalled by a federal judge would violate “the Constitution of this great nation,” according to Major Gen. William Enyart, who led the Illinois National Guard from 2007 to 2012.“It is imperative that we as citizens, not just as officers, but as citizens, stand up to the overreach of the federal government today in Illinois, in California and...