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 ...

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

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

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

State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, is pictured on the Illinois House floor in May 2024 after voting against part of ...

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

It was just past 3 a.m., a few hours before the House vote on President Donald Trump’s top priority in Congress, his “big, ...

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

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 ...