SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers are considering a bill that would treat ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft as “common carriers,” opening them up to the same level of liability…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers are debating whether the state should join a growing list of jurisdictions in the United States that allow voters to pick more than one candidate…
SPRINGFIELD – Officials at the highest levels of state government appear set to receive substantial pay raises this month after the House and Senate passed a budget bill that…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker will call a special session of the General Assembly in the coming weeks to focus on legislation to strengthen women’s access to abortion and other…
SPRINGFIELD – The 2022 session of the Illinois General Assembly will be even shorter than originally planned due to a recent surge in COVID-19 cases, Democratic leaders announced….
SPRINGFIELD – Even factoring in the possibility of a “mild recession” this year, the proposed budget Gov. J.B. Pritzker laid out on Wednesday, Feb. 15 includes nearly $50 billion…
SPRINGFIELD – A legislative panel on Tuesday, Oct. 18 objected to an emergency rule put forth by the Illinois Department of Public Health, with one member declaring, “The pandemic…
SPRINGFIELD – Republican lawmakers are calling for the passage of legislation that would allow Department of Children and Family Services workers to carry pepper spray for…
Wiretaps show Madigan, through McClain ...
CHICAGO – In fall 2018, longtime former State Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie ...
Stomach bug is no fun ...
Cases of norovirus, or the stomach bug, have been reported going through ...
Transit agencies seek state help ...
CHICAGO – Officials with the state’s largest transit agencies met with lawmakers ...
DIVAS ON A DIME: An ...
I came across an old Irish rhyme that goes: “Boxty on the ...
