Editorial: Speaker Welch’s recent behavior in Springfield raises questions around his Illinois House leadership
Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s informal rule requiring support from 75% of his Democratic members before allowing floor ...
Drama over hemp regulation bill is a snapshot of statehouse power dynamics
The bill was considered a threat to hemp businesses owned by those locked out of the legal cannabis system, though many ...
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Dr. Ngozi Ezike, face of Pritzker’s pandemic response, fined $150K for ethics violation
She has been fined for violating a state revolving-door ethics law when she left her job as director of the Illinois ...
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Free tax filing program available in Illinois
Governor JB Pritzker announced Friday that starting January 27, nearly 2 million Illinois residents can file their taxes ...
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State slow to overhaul southern Illinois mental health facility plagued by abuse, watchdog finds
Midway through Gov. JB Pritzker’s three-year plan to relocate 123 residents from the Choate Mental Health and Developmental ...
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Hemp bill leads to heated arguments, political rifts between top state officials
It all started with hemp regulations. In December, Governor JB Pritzker pushed for a bill to pass that would have put strict ...
Ahead of CTA fiscal cliff, Mayor Brandon Johnson warns Springfield not to hold Chicago hostage for ‘political gain’
The CTA Red Line extension funding announcement doubled as an endorsement of CTA President Dorval Carter’s job performance.
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United States
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or face any other punishment for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday but said Trump ...