(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 political reporter ...

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 ...

House Speaker Welch faces challenges in his third term with caucus tensions and a $3.2 billion budget deficit looming.

The Land of Lincoln still isn't at the point where people can feel fully confident that lawmakers aren't making decisions ...

The change follows a Chicago Sun-Times report in 2024 that the former NFL player took on an "investor" role with a southwest ...

Alpha, received the call from the Democratic House Speaker earlier this month that he was tapped to head the House Veterans’ ...

State lawmakers who stood in the way of recent legislation that would've regulated intoxicating hemp products have received ...

Bronzeville is on the rebound and could use infrastructure investment. Illinois as a whole needs to fix crumbling roads and ...

SPRINGFIELD — When Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch was sworn in for another term as speaker of the Illinois House this month, he called on his colleagues to “rise to the occasion” and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch was sworn in for another term as speaker of the Illinois House this month, he called on his colleagues to “rise to the occasion ...