Emanuel Welch

Staffers allege House speaker passed bill allowing unionization knowing it would die in Senate

House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, has filed legislation that would, for the first time in Illinois, authorize legislative staff ...

In the first half-hour of House session Tuesday at the Capitol, the leaders of each party made calls for civility, ...

Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly this week fast-tracked the approval of their party’s appointee to the watchdog position tasked ...

Illinois lawmakers finished a two-day special session Thursday by passing some important legislation but without reaching agreement on the one ...

Republican leaders in the Illinois House and Senate filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the new legislative ...

Illinois lawmakers could take up a bill later this month that would restore voting rights to convicted offenders serving time ...

Illinois lawmakers are staying open for business as they await a possible deal on a sweeping energy proposal that would ...

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White on Tuesday said it’s time for the state to construct a new statue commemorating ...

Welch, D-Hillside, said Saturday he has stepped away from his role as partner at Ancel Glink, a law firm that ...