Gov. Pritzker signs order supporting Illinois residents who rely on SNAP benefits

Two million people in Illinois rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. With the governor signing an executive ...
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Pritzker executive orders to direct $20 million to plug SNAP funding gap, help Illinois farmers

Wednesday's order offers support for Illinois farmers and their families. His order Thursday will direct the state to work ...

Noem refuses Pritzker enforcement pause request, IL passes sanctuary enhancement

Both the executive and legislative branches of Illinois government have made attempts to address federal immigration ...

Pritzker's new executive order aims to help Illinois farmers

SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is directing state agencies to take "immediate action" and work to expand domestic ...

Illinois’ Pritzker asks Trump administration to suspend ICE raids for Halloween: ‘I’m asking for basic human decency’

No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick or treating in their own neighborhood,” ...

Illinois legislature passes physician-assisted suicide law and sends it to Pritzker

Illinois may be the 12th state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients if Gov. JB Pritzker signs the bill.

Illinois lawmakers pass transit bill, now heads to Pritzker

The Illinois General Assembly passed a bill to fund Chicago area mass transit, which would raise $1.5 billion in revenue ...

Illinois quick hits: Pritzker to sign tax, toll increases to bail out transit

The bill authorizes the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to raise sales taxes by a quarter of a percent in Cook County ...

Illinois House Democrats float transit funding plan, but Gov. JB Pritzker says "it's not going forward"

With the annual veto session in Springfield drawing to a close on Thursday, Illinois lawmakers are racing to figure out how ...