SPRINGFIELD ( Capitol News Illinois) - When state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch was sworn in for another term as speaker of the ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

The bill was considered a threat to hemp businesses owned by those locked out of the legal cannabis system, though many ...

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

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and House Speaker Chris Welch — recently had a public fight over a bill restricting sales of hemp-related products to young people. On paper, that's a ...