The U.S. Senate is expected to vote later this afternoon on a series
of gun amendments to the gun control package the chamber has been
considering, including expanding background checks as part of a compromise
agreement reached last week by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pennsylvania).
About 200 Chicagoans took part in a 3-mile run Tuesday, starting at Foster
Avenue beach along the lakefront, to show their unity with those
impacted by the Boston Marathon bombings.
Campaign finance reports filed with the state Elections Board show that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, a potential Democratic
gubernatorial candidate for the state, raised more than $800,000 in political funds in
the first three months of the year.
Mike Schrimpf, communications director of the Washington, D.C.-based Republican Governors Association, announced he would work with possible Illinois GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner, who formed an exploratory committee last month.
The “Gang of Eight”, the bipartisan group of senators charged with drafting legislation
for immigration reform, is unveiling their compromise bill Tuesday.
