The move comes after nearly a year of requests for voluntary recognition by employees in offices run by Speaker Emanuel ...

If Congress doesn’t pass a federal spending bill by Oct. 1, agency closures will disrupt numerous routine functions for ...

Now, state judges will ... “Today, Illinois is no longer criminalizing poverty, and the entire nation has their eyes on us,” Illinois House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch said during a press ...

and five House Democrats joined GOP legislators to vote for the budget measure. Medicaid expansion has been one of Cooper’s top priorities since taking office in early 2017. For years, state ...

AT THE TABLE: The Chicago mayor’s office has been talking regularly, including this week, to Springfield lawmakers about how the Illinois ... the budget and possible avenues for the state ...

Illinois on Thursday, July 20, 2023. On Sept. 14, the House of Representatives passed the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act to block state attempts to eliminate the sale of gas-powered cars.

North Carolina's new, $30-billion budget passed initial votes at the legislature Thursday — the first in a series of approvals that are expected to soon wrap up months of negotiations on the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina House voted to pass a new, $30 billion state budget Thursday — the first vote needed in a series of approvals that are expected to soon wrap up months of ...

North Carolina's new, $30-billion budget passed initial votes at the legislature Thursday — the first in a series of approvals that are expected to soon wrap up months of negotiations on the ...