A measure to let Illinois’ legislative employees unionize has cleared the House
The bill sets up a framework to let these employees join a union, but those affected are still seeking changes.
The bill sets up a framework to let these employees join a union, but those affected are still seeking changes.
Lawmakers have been away from Springfield since May but they’re coming back for two weeks. What do they do? Why is their schedule like this?
Family and friends mourn 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume. There’s been an increase in islamophobia calls to Chicago’s CAIR office. A new college enrollment report.
Prosecutors charged a man with murder and hate crimes after the deadly stabbing of 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume. Chicago budget hearings begin. Flood relief is extended.
The move comes after nearly a year of requests for voluntary recognition by employees in offices run by Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch.
The landmark decision clears the way for unprecedented criminal justice reform. Here’s how politicians, prosecutors and advocates responded.
Nancy Rotering says the ongoing gun threat is pervasive and “harming us as a society.”
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a measure that will withhold state funds from libraries that ban books. The move sparked a lot of questions.
Citing a “vitriolic strain of white nationalism,” Gov. JB Pritzker signed the measure withholding state grant money from libraries if they ban books.
The Democratic-controlled legislature sent a slew of bills to the governor showing their priorities for the state, in addition to the $50.4 billion spending plan. Here are some highlights.