Illinois lawmakers miss deadline for spring legislative session
With the budget up for debate, lawmakers are returning to Springfield after missing a self-imposed deadline.
With the budget up for debate, lawmakers are returning to Springfield after missing a self-imposed deadline.
A legislative proposal to help the Bears pay for a new stadium and entertainment complex in Arlington Heights got its first hearing, but final action is still a ways away.
The Community News Brief is harnessing the journalism expertise that’s still in Macomb to fill the local news void.
Employees have formed the Illinois Legislative Staff Association, but Speaker Welch won’t voluntarily recognize them.
As Illinois’ legal pot industry and the demand for educated workers grow, schools and companies are collaborating on marijuana classes.
Illinois’ first Black independently owned cannabis dispensary wants to change the way you think about weed.
Social equity craft growers get an extension to open, but financing their facilities is still a hurdle.
Craft grower marijuana licenses are supposed to help Black and brown communities, yet only one business is open.
Alex Degman provides the latest from Springfield, where the Illinois House has passed an assault weapons ban and increased protections for abortion providers.
Despite approved revisions around the SAFE-T Act – a sweeping criminal justice reform bill – there was still plenty of opposition in the General Assembly.