A new political action committee chaired by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker plans to invest at least $20 million aimed at boosting Democratic House candidates for the midterms while also expanding his ...

The state child welfare agency under Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration has yet to fully implement changes Illinois lawmakers mandated in response to the neglect-related death of a downstate toddler ...

Community benefit agreements are increasingly appearing in state strategies for handling the data center boom. In recent months, three Rust Belt governors — Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro, Illinois’ JB ...

- S&P Global Ratings upgraded its credit rating on the state of Illinois one notch to A. - It’s the ratings agency’s first upgrade of Illinois’ debt in three years. S&P joins Moody’s, which upgraded ...

The Tribune way back in August 2012, during the Quinn administration… Standard & Poor’s downgraded the credit of the state of Illinois on Wednesday because of its weak fundi ...

- In a major reversal, Illinois regulators have proposed letting cannabis companies grow cannabis outdoors, a move that would significantly lower energy consumption and cultivation costs — though home ...

* Rep. Kam Buckner appeared on Robin Johnson’s Quad Cities public radio show to talk about why it’s taking so long to get a Bears stadium deal… I just remind people that this process, while it seems ...

Despite a $350 million increase in base funding for public schools this year, Illinois is falling further behind in its quest to bring all school districts up to adequate funding levels. That’s ...

* I’ve received a small handful of texts the past few days wondering why Maze Jackson seemed to be so obsessed about me on social media. I haven’t read everything he’s written, but from what I’ve seen ...

Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson both declined today to say whether House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch should remain in his leadership post as pressure mounts over the handling of ...