The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs (IDVA) hosted a Desert Storm Remembrance ceremony at the Illinois State Capitol Rotunda in Springfield today.
Governor JB Pritzker hosted a Black History Month Celebration this morning, honoring the work that organizations and leaders are doing in communities across the state.
The Department of Children and Family Services would like to provide a clear timeline of its involvement with the family of Ta'naja Barnes, who died on February 11, 2019, in Decatur.
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider is urging newly elected Gov. J.B. Pritzker to be a man of his word where it concerns the state’s long-troubled pension system.
State Rep. Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) has been elected House Republican Organization (HRO) Chairman, making the veteran legislator the first GOP female to hold the position.
While remaining hopeful and appreciative of his call for bipartisanship, Illinois Republican senators called Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget announcement more of the same after he addressed Senate and House members on Wednesday.
A federal judge has green-lighted a non-profit's lawsuit against the Obama center despoiling Jackson Park, handing all Obama's horses and men's combined legal effort an unexpected challenge to snuff out the opposition.
The way Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) sees it, she is just making up for lost time by filing a joint resolution aimed at allowing lawmakers to amend the state constitution as a way of finally dealing with Illinois’ roiling pension crisis.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the bill to change the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour on Tuesday at a press conference. It will increase to $9.25 beginning Jan. 1 and gradually increase over each of the next five years.
After Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed temporary income tax hike, opponents are lining up to block what would be the state’s second income tax increase in two years.
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider lamented on Tuesday that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s move to sign the minimum wage bill into law is just the start of a process he sees as the new governor turning his back on the promises he made soon after taking office.
While state Democrat lawmakers were determined to move forward on one of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s biggest campaign promises – raising the minimum wage– Sam Toia, president and CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association (IRA), said he steeled himself to do all he could to soften the blow.
U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Don Young (R-AK) introduced the Innovative Materials for America’s Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded (IMAGINE) Act to help develop cutting-edge materials that could vastly improve infrastructure nationwide.