Toni Preckwinkle and Maria Pappas made the announcement promising on-time bills in a news release hours before Preckwinkle was to face her Democratic primary opponent in a debate.

Illinois’ four top legislative leaders briefed before Wednesday’s state of the state and budget address agreed the fiscal plan will have to hew to the line in a tight budget year.

In a debate hosted by Fox-32, U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly and Raja Krishnamoorthi supported a phased-in minimum wage increase but chided Stratton by saying her plan would never pass Congress.

Political leaders across Illinois mourned Rev. Jesse Jackson’s death and nodded to the decades-long movement he championed after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his mentor.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate whose soaring oratory and knack for capturing media attention made him a central figure in the Civil Rights Movement and national politics for more than six decades, died Tuesday. He was 84.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was remembered as a “servant leader” who championed the oppressed, voiceless and overlooked around the world.

President Donald Trump paid tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson as a “good man” and “force of nature” but claimed the late civil rights leader “couldn’t stand” former President Barack Obama.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate whose soaring oratory and knack for capturing media attention made him a central figure in the Civil Rights Movement and national politics for more than six decades, died Tuesday. He was 84.