Illinois’ tax revenues for the . first six months of the 2024-25 fiscal year grew at a glacial pace compared with the same period last fiscal year, an event that signals trouble ...

It’s a rare political setback for Gov. JB Pritzker, who made the bill a priority and personally urged members of the House of ...

After years of cuts, the agency’s budget has doubled since 2020. But its new director will face challenges due to policy ...

The Illinois House approved without opposition a bill aimed at making it easier for relatives of children in state care to get licensed as foster parents and receive assistance.

Legislation championed by Gov. JB Pritzker to strongly regulate hemp sales stalled in the Illinois House late Monday after intense lobbying by both the governor and Mayor Brandon Johnson, who opposed ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is urging Gov. JB Pritzker and state lawmakers to pause legislation regulating hemp-derived Delta 8 cannabis as Democrats debated the bill for hours on Monday.

The effort to regulate hemp products produced a high-stakes political battle that resulted in JB Pritzker and Brandon Johnson ...

Illinois legislature approves KIND Act to prioritize placing foster children with relatives, aiming to improve care and ...

The Illinois Senate and House passed a plan to protect nursing home residents from retaliation if they report abuse or ...

Governor JB Pritzker supports the bill, citing concerns over unregulated products harming children, while Chicago Mayor ...

The debate over regulation of products known as Delta-8 is the latest situation in which the governor and mayor have found ...

Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part thanks to a loophole in federal law, prompting smoke shops that sell ...