State lawmakers who stood in the way of recent legislation that would've regulated intoxicating hemp products have received ...

When state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch was sworn in for another term as speaker of the House this month, he called on his colleagues to “rise ...

Thank God we live in Illinois because, we’re already Trump-proof,” Welch told the Sun-Times. “We did a lot of the hard work the first time…We took him at his word the first time when he said he would ...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has a warning for Mayor Brandon Johnson: getting help from Springfield this year ...

We want to be very attentive to these issues. We want to hear from the stakeholders. We want to get this right," says Speaker ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s continued insistence on looking to Springfield as a magical pot of gold for additional city revenue ...

To enact his progressive agenda, Mayor Brandon Johnson is looking to Springfield for an assist, but powerful Speaker of the ...

About November: Seven Illinois counties voted in favor of exploring secession. The rural counties of Iroquois, Calhoun, Clinton, Green, Jersey, Madison and Perry all voted to examine “the possibility ...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has a warning for Mayor Brandon Johnson: getting help from Springfield this year ...

Gov. JB Pritzker waved off concerns that a fiery House Democratic caucus meeting that tanked one of his prized legislative ...

Members of the new 104th Illinois General Assembly have been seated and the same leaders have been elected by both chambers.

Many in the hemp industry said not everyone in the hemp space uses deceitful and dangerous practices, and that Gov. J.B.