Pritzker executive orders to direct $20 million to plug SNAP funding gap, help Illinois farmers

Wednesday's order offers support for Illinois farmers and their families. His order Thursday will direct the state to work ...

Pritzker's new executive order aims to help Illinois farmers

SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is directing state agencies to take "immediate action" and work to expand domestic ...

Illinois legislature passes physician-assisted suicide law and sends it to Pritzker

Illinois may be the 12th state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients if Gov. JB Pritzker signs the bill.
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Illinois Catholics blast passage of assisted suicide bill

If Gov. JB Pritzker signs it, Illinois would become the 12th state with such legislation. He has 60 days to act.

Illinois House Democrats float transit funding plan, but Gov. JB Pritzker says "it's not going forward"

With the annual veto session in Springfield drawing to a close on Thursday, Illinois lawmakers are racing to figure out how ...

Illinois quick hits: Pritzker to sign tax, toll increases to bail out transit

The bill authorizes the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to raise sales taxes by a quarter of a percent in Cook County ...

Illinois’ Pritzker asks Trump administration to suspend ICE raids for Halloween: ‘I’m asking for basic human decency’

No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick or treating in their own neighborhood,” ...
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ICE Will 'Increase' Activity On Halloween Despite Governor's Request

Homeland Security has declined Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's request to reduce Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Chicago on Halloween to allow children to trick-or-treat ...