From the Office of the Illinois Attorney General: Attorney General Kwame Raoul is urging Illinois residents to be on alert for possible email and social media scams tied to the…

From the Illinois Department of Aging: Low-to-moderate income families and senior citizens needing assistance filing their 2019 income taxes can receive free help through several trusted programs across the State…

As part of a continuing coordinated response to coronavirus (COVID-19), Governor Pritzker has issued a disaster proclamation to allow Illinois to access additional federal resources. The proclamation formalizes emergency procedures…

Filing the AJ Freund Act to reform DCFS. During a press conference at the Capitol, I was joined by colleagues Terri Bryant and Joe Sosnowski to present several pieces of…

Chemist and physicist Leona Woods, a daughter of Illinois, is one of the women whose work helped create victory in World War II.  As part of her graduate work, she…

State Representative Tom Weber (R-Lake Villa) has filed legislation, dubbed the Taxpayer Protection Act, to provide relief to struggling homeowners being forced out of their homes by Illinois’ crushing property…

From the Illinois Department of Public Health: The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is working with local, state, and federal health partners to take all preventative steps available to…

In his annual budget address this year, Governor J.B. Pritzker proposed withholding $150 million of state funds for local K-12 schools unless voters approve his income tax hike in the November elections….

As bills move through the legislative process, citizens have an opportunity to express support or opposition to a piece of legislation as it moves through the committee process when it…

Following his February 19 budget address, House Republicans denounced Governor JB Pritzker’s decision to place passage of his graduated income tax proposal ahead of a commitment to fully fund education, health care…