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

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

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 the first time…We took him at his word the first time when he said he would ...

For the first time, there may be some support in providing public funding to help the Chicago Bears build a new stadium.

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has a warning for Mayor Brandon Johnson: getting help from Springfield this year ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s continued insistence on looking to Springfield as a magical pot of gold for additional city revenue ...

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s informal rule requiring support from 75% of his Democratic members before allowing floor ...

For the first time, Illinois lawmakers are signaling support for using taxpayer money to assist the Chicago Bears with a ...

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch wants to vet the state’s underfunded pensions through a budgetary lens as the legislature ...

In a surprising move, the leader of the Democrat-controlled Illinois House has chosen a downstate Republican to lead the ...