Gov. JB Pritzker announced efforts that would ban cellphones in Illinois classrooms. Here's what you need to know.

For the nearly six-minute conclusion of his speech, he delivered a dark, foreboding historical narrative — a leading Jewish-American voice offering a version of the Holocaust education warning of “Never Forget” as he likened the actions of Trump and his administration to the quick rise of Nazism in Germany.

Advocates for the homeless in Illinois worry about the resources coming from the state and federal governments, as cuts to the federal workforce hit the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development hard.

Ill., warned against authoritarianism, saying “it took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic” and asked Illinoisans to “gather your justice and your humanity.

Gov. JB Pritzker’s plan would require school districts to develop policies that ban mobiles in the classroom. But some students say having or limiting phones won't matter: 'If someone doesn’t want to do their work,

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to endorse “screen-free schools” during his combined State of the State and budget address at noon Wednesday.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to endorse “screen-free schools” during his combined State of the State and budget address at noon Wednesday.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has proposed a statewide ban on cellphones in classrooms, an idea that is rapidly gaining traction nationally.

Gov. JB Pritzker has proposed growing spending by about $2 billion without new income or service taxes in the upcoming fiscal year.

Hard work really begins for Illinois state lawmakers starting this coming week. That’s after Governor JB Pritzker unveiled his budget proposal a few days ago in his State of the State

Illinois’ Democratic Governor, J.B. Pritzker, drew a parallel between the Nazi regime of the 1930s and the policies of the Trump administration in a speech on Wednesday warning against authoritarian tactics.

A "screen-free" classroom seems like a foreign concept in this day and age, but Governor JB Pritzker says a statewide ban will improve student achievement, social interaction, and mental health.