Gov. JB Pritzker is set to give his budget address today and lay out how he aims to close a $3 billion deficit.

The governor’s budget speech today doubles as his annual “State of the State address” to offer new initiatives, and it comes ...

NOTE: NBC Chicago will offer a livestream of the governor’s State of the State address on its website, the NBC Chicago app and the station’s 24/7 Streaming News channel. It will stream in the video ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is aiming to improve student achievement, social interaction and the mental health of public school ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker delivers his budget address Wednesday. Chicago is counting on help ...

The governor is expected to use his State of the State address to pitch legislation that would establish a daily limit for ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday named his former chief of staff, James Uthmeier as Florida’s attorney general, handing the state’s top law enforcement role to a trusted aide who has helped orchestrate ...

Illinois flags have been ordered to fly at half staff until sunset Monday, Feb. 17, but it's not because of Presidents Day.

President Donald Trump's administration said some federal government employees who took the "Fork in the Road" buyout offer ...

The Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze met widespread condemnation in Illinois, as state leaders ...

CHICAGO — Gia Biagi made her name building parks. Now, she’s leading the department that oversees more than 145,000 miles of ...

Rod Blagojevich was freed from a federal prison in Colorado in February 2020, 16 months after former President Donald Trump commuted the 14-year sentence of the former Illinois Gov. Nearly five years ...