Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s punishment of fellow Democrat Fred Crespo after he offered his own budget proposal was ...

A heated debate over transgender athletes in school sports is reigniting in the Illinois House after a biological male runner ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan may no longer be physically present in Springfield to run the legislative show.

"He's free to speak his mind. He's free to vote his conscience," House Speaker Emanuel 'Chris' Welch, said, but added that no ...

In addition to cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, a massive bill passed by the House on Thursday would also prohibit the health insurance program from covering gender-affirming ...

Speaking exclusively to Capitol News Illinois on Thursday, Welch, D-Hillside, said he removed Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman ...

Monday morning, state Rep. Fred Crespo woke up with his wife in his Hoffman Estates bedroom, not Springfield, “which is nice.

State Rep. Fred Crespo was ousted from his committee chairmanship by Democratic leadership that found he had failed to ...

Republican lawmakers reached a deal today to raise the cap for the state and local tax deduction, known as the SALT deduction. Find out more.

Trump scored a massive legislative victory when his "big, beautiful bill" narrowly passed the House of Representatives.

So what is House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch doing ... was to suggest something other than more revenues to address Illinois’ fiscal woes. Even as we decry this turn of events, we ...

SPRINGFIELD — House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch made ... Speaking exclusively to Capitol News Illinois on Thursday, Welch, D-Hillside, said he removed Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates ...