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Gov. JB Pritzker speaks from his ceremonial office after delivering his annual budget address on Feb. 19, 2025, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker to lead trade mission to Mexico

March 28, 2025 at 2:01 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker is heading a trade mission to Mexico next week to pitch Illinois businesses.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker during a news conference at the Secret Service field office in Chicago on July 25, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

In texts, Gov. JB Pritzker expressed doubts about Mayor Brandon Johnson amid rumors United Airlines might move

March 30, 2025 at 8:05 a.m.

Gov. Pritzker and Illinois Comptroller Mendoza raised concerns about Mayor Johnson’s ability to keep United's HQ in Chicago.

Gov. JB Pritzker delivers remarks during a press conference at the UI Health Mile Square Health Center, Feb. 28, 2025, discussing the impact of planned cuts to Medicaid health coverage. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker cites legal, technical issues in veto of warehouse worker protection bill

March 24, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.

Citing legal and technical issues, Gov. JB Pritzker vetoed a bill aimed at protecting warehouse workers.

State Rep. Terra Costa Howard, left, and state Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado listen to debate on the House floor on Jan. 7, 2025, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Lawmakers advance homeschooling bill as thousands pack Capitol to voice opposition

March 20, 2025 at 11:22 a.m.

Illinois lawmakers advanced a controversial bill that would place a number of regulations on homeschooling as opponents packed the Capitol.

Senate President Don Harmon speaks at the state Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 8, 2025. Harmon introduced a version of the FAIR Act last year. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Bill aimed at bolstering county public defender system moves forward in Springfield

March 19, 2025 at 2:17 p.m.

An Illinois House committee approved a bill aimed at bolstering the state's public defender system.

Anjanette Young looks on before speaking at a news conference outside Chicago City Hall on Feb. 16, 2024, alongside Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th, to discuss a lack of movement on reforms related to raid practices by the Chicago Police Department. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

After testimony from Anjanette Young, state lawmakers move bill aimed at tightening rules on search warrants

March 19, 2025 at 1:19 p.m.

Anjanette Young, whose home was wrongly searched by Chicago police six years ago, testified on behalf of a bill to tighten rules on search warrants.

Sarah Murmann teaches her dual credit statistics class for seniors at Crystal Lake South High School, March 18, 2025. Murmann testified at a state House committee hearing on legislation that would establish guidelines for teachers and school administrators on how to use artificial intelligence. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

State legislators look to establish rules for artificial intelligence in elections, education and health care

March 19, 2025 at 7:05 a.m.

Illinois legislators are considering several bills to provide rules for artificial intelligence in education, health care and other areas.

A photo of Jayden Perkins, the 11-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in his home on March 13, 2024, is placed at a memorial outside Perkins home in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Family of slain boy accuses state prisoner review board of negligence in lawsuit

March 14, 2025 at 6:25 p.m.

The family of a boy slain while trying to protect his mother from a former boyfriend has sued the Illinois Prisoner Review Board for releasing the man before the killng.

The former Dwight Correctional Center sits on 160 acres on March 6, 2025 in Dwight. It includes dozens of buildings, many constructed in the French Norman style, and built with yellow brick and stone. The women's prison opened in 1930 and was closed in 2013. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker’s $300M proposal seeks to attract developers to abandoned sites that now draw only vandals

March 11, 2025 at 6:18 a.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker announced a $300 million pitch in February to make an old prison site and four other vacated state properties ready for economic development.

Gov. JB Pritzker, from left, relays the most recent Illinois statistics for COVID-19 as Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike and Alicia Tate-Nadeau, right, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency director, stand behind Pritzker at the Thompson Center on March 17, 2020, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

State disaster response director one of two top officials leaving this month

March 7, 2025 at 6:38 p.m.

Two state officials, including one who played a key role in responses to crises including the COVID-19 pandemic, are departing this month.

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