Illinois Democratic leaders will host a milestone birthday celebration honoring Speaker of the Illinois House and 7th District State Central Committeeperson candidate Emanuel "Chris" Welch on Friday, ...

It was four years ago in May that Darren Bailey declared Chicago a “crime-ridden, corrupt, dysfunctional hellhole” as he and ...

Illinois House Speaker Emmanuel "Chris" Welch posted photos of himself with Chicago Bears owner George McCaskey and president ...

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.

Our job as a state is to help people and to address a lot of the systemic issues that we have here in Illinois. We need ...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch is pushing for a new tax on millionaires as the General Assembly gets ready to return to work in Springfield next week.

“We're going to focus on things that help folks in their household budget,” Welch told Capitol News Illinois. “We're going to ...

Democrats control all levers of government in Illinois. We have been grappling with the same problems for decades with no ...

“After a couple of years of data, you know, sometimes you do trailer legislation. Is this the time to do that?” ...