House Speaker Welch faces challenges in his third term with caucus tensions and a $3.2 billion budget deficit looming.
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has a warning for Mayor Brandon Johnson: getting help from Springfield this year ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s continued insistence on looking to Springfield as a magical pot of gold for additional city revenue ...
Thank God we live in Illinois because, we’re already Trump-proof,” Welch told the Sun-Times. “We did a lot of the hard work the first time…We took him at his word the first time when he said he would ...
Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s informal rule requiring support from 75% of his Democratic members before allowing floor ...
To enact his progressive agenda, Mayor Brandon Johnson is looking to Springfield for an assist, but powerful Speaker of the ...
State lawmakers who stood in the way of recent legislation that would've regulated intoxicating hemp products have received ...
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has a warning for Mayor Brandon Johnson: getting help from Springfield this year ...
A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in and legislators now face several tough issues including how to plug a projected ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Legislative action has already started for the next Illinois General Assembly after Wednesday’s inauguration celebrations that included lots of oohs and ahhs at the newly renovated ...
House speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch will enter his third term as Speaker of the House on Wednesday, and this time around is ...