House Joint Resolution 7 calls for passage of the proposed “abolition amendment,” which seeks to eliminate what’s known as the “punishment cla…
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White wants to put a new statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol and is pledging his …
What was expected to be a routine hearing in the Jussie Smollett case grew heated Tuesday as the actor’s attorneys accused prosecutors of with…
Jesse White said he would personally contribute the first $5,000 in funding the new statue that would be situated in a more prominent location…
A data review in that report showed the workforce participation rate among women hit its lowest level in more than three decades in January, a…
Advocacy groups are pushing Gov. J.B. Pritzker to reconsider reducing a tax break for scholarship donations citing the benefits a scholarship …
Unvaccinated travelers heading from Indiana to Chicago will have to quarantine or test negative for COVID-19 starting Friday under the city’s …
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Illinois selling James R. Thompson Center in Chicago
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Pritzker budget seeks to net state $932M by eliminating 'corporate loopholes'
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Illinois officials call new health-care law 'revolutionary' in fight for racial justice
If current trends hold, the state could move to full reopening under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s revised plan by early-to-mid June.
A long-awaited plan to create 110 new recreational marijuana retail licenses and expand minority ownership in Illinois is expected to be intro…
The Illinois economy shrank by 4 percent in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on many of its sectors, although there were signs of a…
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker is asking lawmakers to eliminate nine tax breaks to balance the fiscal year 2022 budget by the end of May. Lawmakers and bu…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois legislators traveled to the metro-east on Friday to talk about a new law designed to improve health-care acces…
The governor’s office unveiled a 900-page energy overhaul bill Wednesday, accelerating a yearslong process which advocates hope will end in a …
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Following news of a ransomware attack on Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office, Gov. J.B. Pritzker was asked at an unrelated news conference w…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker responds to a question about whether the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs was properly staffed, citing a report on …
Gov. J.B. Pritzker responds to a question on Friday, April 30, about whether he is considering implementing "vaccine passports" for residents.
“I have to admit that if I knew then what I know now, I would not have hired her,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday, speaking about his choice o…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday reacted to a scathing report about last fall’s COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home where 36 veterans died.
The Illinois Senate worked through a long list of bills Thursday as lawmakers prepared to enter the final stretch of the 2021 session.
Everyone has an opinion about changing the clocks twice a year. Illinois lawmakers do, too, and decided it was time to host a hearing to discu…
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