Speaker of the Illinois House Emanuel "Chris" Welch is set to host his annual Pride Month celebration for all, "Equality & ...

On Friday, June 19, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch's Juneteenth Festival is the place to be with ...

Illinois lawmakers spent Sunday, the last scheduled day of their spring session, scrambling for a Hail Mary plan that could ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A last-minute, compromise measure to keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois reached no resolution despite a ...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-Westchester) said this week that lawmakers in Springfield are focusing on affordability during the Illinois General Assembly's spring session for 2026.

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-Westchester) was at Chicago's Union Station Thursday morning to tout a successful legislative session that ended with a transit funding bill. Welch ...

WESTCHESTER, Ill. (WLS) -- Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has a warning for Mayor Brandon Johnson: getting help from Springfield this year could be an uphill battle. ABC7 Chicago ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch joined ABC7 to talk about several bills on their way to Governor JB Pritzker's desk. ON an immigration bill, Welch said, "It protects people's due ...

The Illinois House approved a long awaited megaprojects bill on Wednesday, in hopes of stopping the Chicago Bears from moving across state lines. In an exclusive sit down interview with WGN-TV ...