Lawmakers have passed a bill to strengthen Illinois’ ability to make its own vaccine guidelines — legislation that follows months of tumult over vaccines at the federal level. The bill expands the ...

As Illinois lawmakers finished their work for 2025, they began backing away from their four-year-old pledge that the state would produce electricity only from carbon-free sources by 2045. They did so ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois General Assembly has passed a bill to fund Chicago area mass transit. The Illinois Senate gave the bill final approval at 4:20 a.m. Friday, two hours after the ...

The Illinois Senate passed a bill that will allow medical assistance in dying. It passed the MAiD bill Thursday night with a 30 to 27 vote. This comes after the House passed the bill in May. A person ...

Analyses from several experts claim if Illinois does not lower its error rate and cannot pay the full federal penalty of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The Illinois General Assembly passed a bill Friday morning to fill a budget gap for public transit. The Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act comes as the RTA faced ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a $1.5 billion transit funding bill. A portion of the sales tax on the Motor Fuel Tax, estimated to accumulate $860 million. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Eva Dina Delgado, ...

The Illinois House rejected a bill that would have allowed the state to regulate homeowners' insurance rates. Illinois is currently the only state that cannot regulate excessive, inadequate, or ...

Illinois lawmakers approved a bill last week to “decouple” some state taxes on businesses from the federal government. Business groups objected to the changes and argued they will hurt Illinois’ ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A closely-watched and long-debated piece of energy legislation is set to become law after passing through both legislative chambers with the governor's endorsement. The bill that ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has said he will sign the bill, which aims to increase grid reliability and lower electricity prices. Illinois Democrats pushed through a sweeping energy bill Thursday night to boost ...