Tightening up regulation on Delta-8 and other forms of synthetic THC should be a relative no-brainer. And yet, Illinois pols ...

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s informal rule requiring support from 75% of his Democratic members before allowing floor ...

A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday, dealing a political setback to Gov. JB Pritzker after he ...

A state social services agency is accused of negligence in a pair of lawsuits filed by the family of a man who died by suicide in a west suburban mental health center.

Throughout his five-decade career in politics, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan received hundreds of requests for job recommendations from a wide range of people he encountered.

A day after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered strong criticism of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s relationships in ...

An already contentious relationship still can be salvaged if a mayor and governor who need each other to solve their ...

As the 104th General Assembly gets underway, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is revealing his priorities for 2025. The governor held a ...

The failure of a little-noticed bill to regulate hemp has much bigger implications as a new Legislature is sworn in.

But the bill also created rifts within the House Democratic caucus. According to several sources, the hemp regulation bill was the focus of a three-hour closed-door caucus meeting Monday that some ...

The legislation passed and sent to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk during the General Assembly’s brief lame-duck session was ...