(WLS) -- Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has a warning for Mayor Brandon Johnson: getting help from Springfield this year could be an uphill battle. ABC7 Chicago political reporter ...

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 ...

JB Pritzker’s tenure began in Springfield with an inauspicious fight between the governor and a key leader in his own party, House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch. Earlier this week ...

The Land of Lincoln still isn't at the point where people can feel fully confident that lawmakers aren't making decisions ...

State lawmakers who stood in the way of recent legislation that would've regulated intoxicating hemp products have received significant campaign cash from the industry — while some backers of the ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s continued ... warning from one powerful voice — Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch. “You’ve got to be honest with them, and they ...

Bronzeville is on the rebound and could use infrastructure investment. Illinois as a whole needs to fix crumbling roads and ...

The change follows a Chicago Sun-Times report in 2024 that the former NFL player took on an "investor" role with a southwest ...