Tag: Springfield

Efforts to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in Illinois have been slowly spreading across the prairie state.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's office announced legislation to reduce the monopoly period of expensive pharmaceuticals when their prices suddenly spike.

With the 2020 U.S. Census looming, time is short for a group of Illinois lawmakers and activists who want voters ...

As it considers raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour, Illinois has a few examples to follow.

When newly-elected state Rep. Patrick Windhorst sat down for an interview on Tuesday, Jan. 29, he and other House Republicans ...

On his first business day in the Illinois Statehouse, newly-elected Rep. Tom Weber settled into his new office, a jar ...

A Woodstock representative wants a private-sector commission to examine the spending habits and management practices of state agencies.

Divisions between business and labor interests were on display Wednesday, Jan. 30, at the Illinois Senate Labor Committee’s hearing on ...

Newly-elected state Sen. Craig Wilcox already has a slight leg up on his other freshman colleagues in the Illinois General ...

The five-member Illinois House Rules Committee will maintain its power over the legislative process for the 101st General Assembly despite ...