A bipartisan group of lawmakers is attempting to rescue a private school scholarship program from being eliminated under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed budget.
Parents are pressuring lawmakers to breathe life back into a private school scholarship program likely to be eliminated by cuts proposed in Gov. J.B. Pritzker's new budget.
A private school scholarship program on the chopping block under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget plan is receiving a lot of attention as the axe draws near.
House Rep. Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) asked House members to vote no on a constitutional amendment that would change the income tax structure in Illinois from a flat tax to a graduated tax.
After running a 2018 campaign where she avoided taking an official stance on the issue of abortion, state Rep. Karina Villa (D-West Chicago) has emerged as one of the co-sponsors of legislation critics say will turn Illinois into the "abortion capital" of the country.
House Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) said because the rates in the graduated income tax proposal aren't fixed, everyone will eventually pay more taxes.
U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) was going for shock value when she referred to the deaths of migrant children under the care of border security agents as "intentional," the Republican state House Representative from East Dundee said during a recent interview.
State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) has been appointed to a bipartisan task force entrusted with advising the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) “on the latest research, diagnosis, treatment options and education options involving children suffering from pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS),” an announcement stated.
State Rep. Amy Grant (R-Wheaton) is "proud" of her behind-the-scenes work in getting House Bill 2386 passed into law.
First-term Illinois state Rep. Amy Grant (R-Wheaton) is doing all she can to close the gender wage gap in the workplace.
Illinois state Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) co-sponsored and helped pass a bill that strengthens protections for female domestic violence victims.
First-term Illinois state Rep. Amy Grant, R-Wheaton, added to her goal of being a major voice on women’s issues in Springfield by serving as the chief co-sponsor of a recently enacted law that assures sexual assault survivors more transparency about the status of their cases.
Jeanne Ives said she was disappointed with a federal judge’s decision to dismiss the “sham” candidate case against Speaker Mike Madigan but still holds out hope that the court system could lead to Madigan's downfall.
State Sen. Suzy Glowiak (D-Western Springs) was among a group of DuPage County lawmakers who voted no on a proposal hailed as a step toward ending “systemic conflicts of interest in the Illinois property tax system,” as stated in a Republication legislator's press release.
State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) is now one of four Republican DuPage County state representatives to partner with DuPage Sheriff James Mendrick to combat the damage caused by opioids through the distribution of a new, easy-to-use drug disposal system that deactivates the harmful ingredients in opioid pills or patches.