Illinois Legislative Watch

EAST DUNDEE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- There has been much speculation as to who may be running in the 14th Congressional District of the Illinois delegation to the U.S. House of...

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker's varied actions from the $15 minimum wage to hiking salaries for senior members of his staff with a 15 percent raise to...

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Freshman state Rep. Chris Miller is curious as to how many of his colleagues in the Illinois House of Representatives have a basic grasp on business,...

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Illinois Democrats have introduced an ambitious gun control bill that would ban the sale or unregistered possession of dozens of firearms labeled as assault weapons. Sen....

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Newly sworn-in state Rep. Darren Bailey is fearing his suspicions about what would take place in Springfield are becoming reality. “This seems to send an early...

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Veteran lawmaker Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) has been appointed as an assistant GOP leader in the Illinois House of Representatives for the duration of the 101st session...

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- For the 18th time in the past 36 years, members of the Illinois House selected state Rep. Michael Madigan to serve as speaker, giving the Chicago...

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Illinois farmers are one step closer to growing hemp. The Illinois Department of Agriculture released the proposed regulations for growing industrial hemp on December 28....

DECATUR (Heartland Newsfeed) -- When it comes to Illinois' shrinking population, the numbers reported don't tell the full story. This is what representative-elect Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur), who was elected to...

Goodbye to Illinois’ $130 billion pension hole. Now it’s $133 billion. And getting deeper. Sometimes the clearest warning about Illinois’ fiscal crisis can be communicated using numbers, sometimes with a...