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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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

Crespo declined to comment immediately on Welch’s decision. He has represented northwest Cook County in the House since 2007 ...

SPRINGFIELD — House Speaker Chris Welch made the extraordinary move of removing an appropriations committee chair on ...