Illinois Insights

ILLINOIS Preckwinkle unveils $9.1 billion budget During a special board meeting on Thursday, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle unveiled a $9.14 billion proposed 2024...

ILLINOIS Gov. Pritzker announces agency transitions Today, Governor JB Pritzker announced several upcoming transitions in state agency leadership: Theresa Eagleson, Director of the Department...

ILLINOIS Pritzker calls for more federal action on asylum seekers In a public letter to President Joe Biden on Monday, Gov. JB Pritzker asked for additional...

ILLINOIS Pritzker takes center stage at cannabis conference Speaking to a crowd at the national Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in downtown Chicago Thursday, Gov....

ILLINOIS | AROUND THE STATE In Joint Effort, Illinois Election Authorities Try to Tamp Down Misinformation Ahead or 2024 Races “Six months before the next...

ILLINOIS | AROUND THE STATE Gotion’s $2 billion battery plant is a possible front for Chinese spies, Illinois GOP claims “Is the $2 billion electric...

ILLINOIS | AROUND THE STATE Governor Pritzker Issues Statement on Biden Administration’s Work Permit Expansions “Governor Pritzker issued the following statement after the announcement that...

ILLINOIS | AROUND THE STATE  Some downstate counties struggled as bail reform took hold this week; one didn’t even try applying the new law “For...

ILLINOIS | AROUND THE STATE Illinois becomes first state in nation today to eliminate cash bail. Here’s how it will work “Under the new law,...