Article Summary As lawmakers put their final touches on the budget, they passed dozens of other bills in a late-night ...
Article Summary A bill to protect children online and limit their access to addictive social media features passed both chambers ...
The legislative and judicial branches dealt a pair of blows to a state law banning “swipe fees” being applied to the tax and tip portion of a debit or credit card transaction. Lawmakers delayed the ...
Article Summary In an exceptionally rare move Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros published a “special report” containing the transcript of ...
Article Summary Several educations measures were among the hundreds of bills that cleared the General Assembly before it adjourned on ...
Article Summary Democrats largely joined together to support the Fiscal Year 2027 budget as Republicans warned the plan will harm ...
Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledged Monday that the Chicago Bears may be on their way to Indiana. But he and Democratic leaders defended their decision not to move a bill incentivizing them to stay. The ...
SZALINSKI’S SUMMARY: House Speaker Emanuel “Chis” Welch, D-Hillside, uses an unofficial rule in his caucus that requires 60 Democrats to commit to supporting a bill before it is called for a vote on ...