Yesterday, former longtime Democratic Speaker of the House, Michael J. Madigan was indicted on federal racketeering conspiracy and bribery charges following a federal probe into political corruption in the state…

The Illinois Supreme Court has declined to hear Governor Pritzker’s appeal to keep his school mask mandate in place. The mask mandate will officially be lifted on Monday. Read more here.

The House is back in session today starting at noon. We are scheduled to be in Springfield for the rest of the week as we approach the committee deadline for…

Governor Pritzker will deliver his annual budget address today at noon. You can watch the address live here.

Today marks the first day of Black History Month and a celebration of the achievements and contributions of Black Americans in our nation’s history.  On this day in 1865, our state…

Since the beginning of the New Year House Republicans have been demanding hearings to investigate leadership failures at DCFS that have endangered children and resulted in the Director being found…

On this day 77 years ago, the Soviet army opened the gates of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland liberating thousands of prisoners. Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pay tribute…

Illinois Driver Services facilities have resumed in-person transactions this week. Online options are still available if you want to skip the line. Read more here.

Session days originally scheduled for this week have been canceled. We have a lot we need to achieve over the next few months to get our state on a better path…

It is DCFS’ core responsibility to protect our state’s most vulnerable children. We need immediate answers from the agency director and the Pritzker administration to fix these leadership failures and…