Ahead of Monday’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch says Illinois is already “Trump-proof.” Rich Hein/Sun-Times Share Illinois ...

It’s hard enough to keep Illinois government clean ... which many on the GOP side don’t believe for a minute. But it’s just hot air if the Welch rule remains in effect.

Welch’s comments follow Pritzker telling ... Illinois offers legal protections that other states don’t, by Illinois Public Media’s Emily Hays. Some migrants from Venezuela are encountering ...

Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, received the call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, earlier this ...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, a Hillside Democrat ... to a campaign fund benefiting state Senate President Don Harmon, an Oak Park Democrat. ICANN, which is funded by corporate ...

“We don’t know what they’re going to ... In House inauguration ceremonies in an auditorium at the University of Illinois Springfield campus, Welch was reelected to the speaker’s post ...

SPRINGFIELD — As a powerful weather system dropped 8 inches of snow on Illinois ... Donald Trump's upcoming second term, among other issues. On the eve of the session, Speaker Chris Welch ...

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, walked into his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday ...

CHICAGO — To enact his progressive agenda, Mayor Brandon Johnson is looking to Springfield for an assist, but powerful Speaker of the Illinois House Emanuel “Chris” Welch warns that money is ...

Testifying in a confirmation hearing, Kash Patel, who is nominated to lead the F.B.I., also sought to allay fears about his ...

A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House ... Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch's decision not to call the ...