Taxpayer Dollars and Touchdowns: Why Illinois is Benching Bad Teams By: Avery Causley-Ingram The Illinois General Assembly has passed the...

By Avery Causley-Ingram SBOL006: Illinois Electric Vehicle Charging Code Debate The Illinois Senate recently debated SBOL006, a bill...

Mental Health or Mental Headache?  By Avery Causley-Ingram Friday night's debate in the House Chamber on HB1243, a bill requiring...

Co-op House democrats HOUSE: Labor and Commerce: HB0991 → (did not pass- 7-3)  HB3880 → PASSES 7-3  HB0038 → PASSES unanimous  HB2727 →...

By: Maggie Sterning, Editor in Chief FEBRUARY 28 2025- SPRINGFIELD IL- Good afternoon delegates, I hope everyone’s first day of...

Model Illinois Government 2025 Opening Ceremonies By Leslie Lozada The Forty-Seventh Annual Model Illinois Government kicked off with the...

By Maggie Sterning - Chief Editor MARCH 3 2024- SPRINGFIELD IL- Welcome to this special Sunday morning edition of the MIG Journal. I hope...

“Santa is Real!”: House Erupts in Heated Debate By: Maggie Sterning, Chief Editor MARCH 2 2024- SPRINGFIELD IL- The house stood divided...

The Republican Senate Fights Back By: Maya Holsopple The Republican Senate was the minority in both committees on Friday, March 1st, but...

The House Elects it's Team By Maya Holsopple The House Democratic Caucus had many people running for leadership positions. After 3...

By Tamas DiLorenzo and Sam Sundell Many who attend Model Illinois Government come as legislators in the House or Senate, where they...

Dems push for longer waiting period on firearm purchases By Sam Sundell On Saturday, March 4th, 2023, an amendment to the waiting period...

By Tamas DiLorenzo On Friday, delegates from thirteen colleges made their way to the Capitol to debate legislation. House and Senate...

By Tamas DiLorenzo, Attorney General A crowd gathered in the Prairie room of the Wyndham on Thursday evening to take the oath of office...

Congratulations to the Model Illinois Government EBoard 2023! (shown above) The 44th consecutive MIG Awards Ceremony began ahead of...

On Friday night the House debated a number of bills and surrounding issues, including Voter ID and vaccine mandates for college students....

Counsels Isabella Voss and Hannah Prochnow from Millikin University argued as Respondents in favor of Cade Beasley religious and speech...

On Saturday, March 5, two original pieces of legislature were introduced and passed on the House floor. The first piece of legislation...

The MIG 2022 preliminary rounds of moot court occurred in the afternoon of Friday, March 4 in Plaza 1 and Conference Center 2 of the...

Speaker One: David Overstreet The delegates, eboard, and faculty advisors were all excited to hear the words of David Overstreet, a...