Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following personnel appointments

After Nearly a Decade Without a Raise, Illinois Becomes First State in Midwest to Phase in $15 Minimum Wage

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. EPA are at odds regarding the shutdown of portions of Sterigenics in Willowbrook.

The Brookfield Zoo: Needed Infrastructure for Compassionate Education (B-NICE) coalition called on lawmakers during a press conference Wednesday to add funding for the zoo to a new capital funding bill.

A press conference was held Thursday to announce the formation of the official Progressive Caucus in the Illinois House of Representatives.

The House Labor and Commerce Committee voted on Wednesday to send a bill to raising the minimum wage in the state to $15 per hour over six years to the House of Representatives, which approved it on Thursday.

The House voted to pass the minimum wage bill Thursday evening, meaning the bill has now cleared both the House and the Senate.

Greg Baise is desperately trying to make sense of all the tax madness.

Governor JB Pritzker announced a new appointment to lead the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, nominating Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia to head the agency.

The House Executive Committee unanimously voted to recommend the appointment of Carol Pope, its new legislative inspector general, to begin next month.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker appears to be making good on his vow to make Illinois "the most progressive state" for abortion with legislation aimed at bringing New York-style abortion laws to Illinois, a pro-life advocate said during a recent interview.

Legislation in the Illinois House to impose a 1 percent assessment on health insurance claims probably will not pass, and it should not, an Illinois Chamber of Commerce official said during a recent interview.

The Illinois Republican Party is calling out Gov. J.B. Pritzker on his claim that he compromised with GOP lawmakers to raise the state's minimum wage, a claim the GOP said this week is not true.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his Democratic party allies in the General Assembly are making good on a vow to make Illinois "the most progressive state" for abortion with legislation to remove all vestiges of regulation, a pro-life advocate said during a recent interview.

Years of unbalanced budgets, unpaid bills, pension shortfalls and a collapse in manufacturing jobs are among 20 "facts" that Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn't want "ordinary Illinoisans" to know, an online news service said earlier this week.

Less than a year after an alleged attempt by now former Gov. Bruce Rauner to purge him from the Illinois GOP's central committee, a committeeman earlier this week called upon the party's chairman to resign.

Following the House passage of SB 1 which raises the minimum wage to $15 an hour, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement.

Legislation to impose a 1 percent assessment on health insurance claims would increase insurance industry costs that will be passed onto customers, Midwest-based manufacturers service provider Technology & Manufacturing Association said in a recent statement.

Raising Illinois' minimum wage to $15 per hour is "poor policy" that will end up "hurting those it is intended to benefit," but businesses need to prepare, a vice president for a comprehensive resource service provider for Midwest manufacturers said.

Richard Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA), is calling for a united front in the organization’s battle to preserve the rights of legal gun owners.