Thank God we live in Illinois because, we’re already Trump-proof,” Welch told the Sun-Times. “We did a lot of the hard work the first time. … We took him at his word the first time when he said he would overturn Roe v.

House Speaker Welch faces challenges in his third term with caucus tensions and a $3.2 billion budget deficit looming.

The Land of Lincoln still isn't at the point where people can feel fully confident that lawmakers aren't making decisions based on who gave them political donations.

The change follows a Chicago Sun-Times report in 2024 that the former NFL player took on an "investor" role with a southwest suburban insurance brokerage firm.

State lawmakers who stood in the way of recent legislation that would've regulated intoxicating hemp products have received significant campaign cash from the industry — while some backers of the proposal got money from the rival marijuana industry.

Bronzeville is on the rebound and could use infrastructure investment. Illinois as a whole needs to fix crumbling roads and bridges. But $466 million in public money to help along a $6.4 billion NFL franchise at the Michael Reese site?

SPRINGFIELD — When Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch was sworn in for another term as speaker of the Illinois House this month, he called on his colleagues to “rise to the occasion” and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch was sworn in for another term as speaker of the Illinois House this month, he called on his colleagues to “rise to the occasion ...

The mayor’s exchanges with officials show he is more reluctant than predecessors Lori Lightfoot and Rahm Emanuel to put much in writing.

State and federal legislators are preparing for the Trump administration’s plans to make Chicago “ground zero” for mass deportations.

After nine months of ham-fisted stabs at power politics, the Chicago Teachers Union’s leadership says a strike is likely. Teachers could walk off the job as early as March. The irony couldn’t be any thicker,

Alpha, received the call from the Democratic House Speaker earlier this month that he was tapped to head the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Swanson said the appointment was a “total surprise.”