The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has been calm during the ongoing Sterigenics ethylene-oxide-emissions controversy, the national EPA not so much and the residents of Willowbrook should breathe easy, an air quality specialist said during a recent radio interview.
A motion to override the governor's veto on a bill that would set goals for schools to have smaller class sizes and report their class size data failed to reach the number of votes needed in the House.
A pro-family group in Illinois has started a petition drive to oust state Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D-Aurora) after she said on the House floor that she wished state Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) and his family to be infected by a lethal bacteria.
Illinois State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) has a stong warning for taxpayers as talk of yet another tax increase heats up.
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) says she can’t believe lawmakers in Springfield are still entertaining the idea of instituting a statewide property tax that would be dedicated to easing the state’s long-troubled pension system.
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) hopes an appellate court’s decision upholding the conviction of a man accused of threatening her will travel far beyond Illinois.
The Illinois House of Representatives adopted a resolution during the Nov. 29 floor session to congratulate Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) for his work during his years serving his district.
When state Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) visited the CSI Behring Plasma Donation Center in Melrose Park back on Nov. 2, she marveled at what she said the company does to preserve life and wellness.
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is blasting outgoing Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) for what she calls again putting his own interests ahead of those of the people he was supposed to represent.
Former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, a Republican from Wheaton, now views Illinois as a cautionary tale.
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Just days into her new job as a state representative, Anne Stava-Murray (D-Naperville) has managed to cause a stir among her constituents by characterizing her hometown of Naperville as having “white supremacist policies.”
Rep. Stephanie A. Kifoweit (D-Aurora) introduced a bill created to drive business for hydroponics on Feb. 1 to the House of Representatives.
State Rep. Terra Costa-Howard (Lombard/Glen Ellyn) has not returned calls for comment on her party's legislation to legalize third-trimester abortions and repeal parental notification laws.
House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Burr Ridge) stood in support of a bill that will change the legal age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21 in Illinois.
Rep. Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) disagreed with a bill that changes how third-party driver's education instructors are evaluated by public school systems.