House Speaker Welch faces challenges in his third term with caucus tensions and a $3.2 billion budget deficit looming.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Since no Democrat filed to run, state Sen. Chris Balkema knew upon winning the 53rd Illinois Senate District Republican ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois General Assembly launched a new two-year ... including House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch.