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.

Sen. Bill Cunningham (D-Chicago) on Wednesday introduced a new version of an omnibus gaming bill. 

A Senate committee on Wednesday updated and advanced a previously stalled omnibus gambling bill that would allow betting for in-state college sports and allow fraternal organizations to apply for gambling machine licenses in municipalities where they’re banned.  

The House approved a bill from Rep. Kam Buckner (D-Chicago) on Wednesday that will make minor tweaks to the law creating an elected school board in Chicago. 

The General Assembly on Wednesday passed a measure that will make minor tweaks to the law enacted this spring to create an elected school board in Chicago.  

News in brief: Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday announced the state has fully disbursed its ‘initial tranche’ of rental assistance funds. The governor also said he will head to the United Kingdom next week to tout climate action.  

Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) on Tuesday presented a bill to the House Executive Committee that would prohibit Illinoisans from using the state’s Health Care Right of Conscience Act to avoid COVID-19 vaccination mandates.

The House Executive Committee on Wednesday approved an amendment to a bill that would prohibit Illinoisans from using the state’s Health Care Right of Conscience Act to avoid COVID-19 vaccination mandates.  

Western Springs resident Meghann McEntee was one of several witnesses on Tuesday who told lawmakers the latest draft congressional map would splinter communities currently in the Southwest Side of Chicago. 

Illinoisans on Tuesday offered their first reactions to Democrats’ latest proposed congressional boundaries, once again reiterating concerns that the map as drafted would splinter the district currently represented by U.S. Rep. Marie Newman (D-Ill).  

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday outlined the state’s distribution plan for the forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine for children between 5 and 11 years old. 

Anticipating the forthcoming regulatory approval for the next round COVID-19 vaccines, Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday said children in Illinois between 5 and 11 –years old could start getting vaccinated as early as next week.