The polarizing legislation that narrowly passed the Illinois General Assembly would allow adults diagnosed with six months or less to live to be prescribed medication to end their lives.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday said he was still deciding whether he’d sign legislation that would permit doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives, after the bill narrowly passed the General Assembly last week.

Gov. Pritzker did not say whether he would sign a bill that would allow for terminally ill patients to seek medical aid to end their own life.

SNAP benefits will lapse on Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown. Gov. JB Pritzker ordered $20 million for food banks to help, as food pantries are already seeing increasing demand.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said a proposal to tax billionaires’ assets and enact other levies to help fund the Chicago region’s transit system won’t advance in its current form. The measure seeks to tax unrealized gains from residents with $1 billion or more in net assets,

Deb Robertson says she's elated that Illinois is one step closer to legalize medical aid in the terminally ill, also known as the "right to die."

SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is directing state agencies to take "immediate action" and work to expand domestic markets for agricultural commodities, with an executive order.

(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday defended the use of an expletive that he used in front of a teachers union directing President Donald Trump and supporters where to go. Video from the Illinois Federation of Teachers YouTube channel shows Pritzker making the comments at a recent IFT event.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker called on DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and President Trump to pause Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago for the Halloween weekend, saying the state's families deserve "a break.

Gov. Pritzker is asking the federal government to give Illinois children and families "a break" and pause federal operations over Halloween weekend.