Rep. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) introduced an omnibus elections bill on the final night of the veto session that contained provisions changing how state judicial races could be funded.  

Judicial elections in Illinois will see significant new restrictions in fundraising if a measure approved by the General Assembly during veto session is signed into law. But some critics of the bill said it could run aground in court. 

Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) presented a bill during an Oct. 28 floor session that would have restored prisoners’ ability to vote in Illinois. 

Heading into last month’s veto session, Democrats had ambitious plans to take up significant bills including measures on congressional redistricting, COVID-19, gambling, elections, abortion and financial incentives.   

Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) announced that he has opted against seeking reelection. And former Rep. Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago) pleaded guilty on bribery charges. 

Heidi Dalenberg, director of the Institutional Reform Project at the ACLU of Illinois, said during an Oct. 26 Senate hearing that additional work needs to be done to ensure LGBTQ youth in DCFS care are being treated fairly. 

Efforts to ensure LGBTQ children under the care of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are given adequate treatment and care remain a work in progress, according to an audit that was the focus of a recent legislative hearing.  

David Esposito, executive director of Supportive Housing Providers Association, shared recommendations with the House Housing Committee on Tuesday on how to best combat homeless in Illinois using federal funding.  

To combat homelessness in Illinois, lawmakers should consider using some of the state’s remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money to invest in additional emergency rental assistance, pay for thousands of new emergency beds or improve existing facilities, housing advocates told a House committee on Tuesday.  

Gov. JB Pritzker received his COVID-19 booster shot. And Metro East Democrats endorsed Nikki Budzinski’s bid to represent the newly-drawn 13th District in Congress.  

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday declared gun violence a public health crisis while at a news conference on Chicago's West Side. 

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday declared gun violence a public health crisis while announcing a $250 million three-year investment and signing an executive order to implement a recently enacted law aimed at reducing gun violence throughout Illinois.  

Rep. Janet Yang Rohr (D-Naperville) on Thursday explains her bill on the House floor regarding COVID-19.  

When the dust finally settled after midnight Friday morning on the final day of last month’s two-week veto session, the Illinois General Assembly had passed 25 bills.  

Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) addresses the Senate as he closes out debate on the new congressional redistricting maps.  

Illinois lawmakers on Thursday approved new congressional boundaries expected to bolster Democrats’ advantage in the state’s delegation during a chaotic day in which lingering concern over the maps threatened to jeopardize their passage.  

Rep. Robert Rita (D-Blue Island) discusses an omnibus gambling bill on the House floor on Thursday before the chamber approved it.

The General Assembly on Thursday by approving myriad proposals ranging from congressional redistricting and incentives for electric carmakers to omnibus bills on gambling and elections during a marathon final day of the fall veto session that stretched into the early hours of Friday morning.