Illinois the first state in the nation to require public schools to offer mental health screenings in 3rd through 12th grades ...

The bill, SB1560, requires all school districts to provide screening in grades 3 through 12 at least once a year.

At least 51 Texas Democrats fled the state for Chicago. Politico was first to report the lawmakers had left the state.

Pritzker acknowledged there is no one reason Chicago's homicide rate is down 3% from last year, shootings down 40%, and ...

In an extraordinary move brokered with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, dozens of Texas House Democrats aim to deny a quorum as the GOP is set to draw new maps.

Effective immediately, House Bill 3657 makes changes to Tier 2 Chicago Police and Firefighter pension benefits.

Some of the Democratic legislators fleeing Texas will appear on Sunday evening with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at a press conference.

A large chunk of the Texas Democrats are heading to Illinois, where Gov. JB Pritzker had been in quiet talks with them for ...

Pritzker said it’s important to overcome the stigma around getting help for mental health issues and to treat mental health ...

The walkout, which Texas Democrats called an “extraordinary and necessary step,” came a day after a House panel advanced a congressional map that would add five new Republican districts next year.

Gov. JB Pritzker joined state officials on July 31 to sign legislation that will provide Illinois public schools with ...

Gov. JB Pritzker spoke at an East St. Louis food shelter on Tuesday to talk about his administration’s plans to alleviate the ...