As President Donald Trump takes office this week, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is pledging to uphold state laws relating to immigration amid White House pressures.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed a long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying less than the minimum wage to workers with disabilities.
The governor today noted the threat of immigration raids already is having an impact in Pilsen and Little Village.
More than a dozen states have already enacted legislation to phase out sub-minimum wage allowances for disabled workers.
Illinois leaders on Monday said they were bracing for the effects of a still unspecified immigration policy from the administration of new President Donald Trump.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson have both said they are prepared to confront President-elect Donald Trump's policies head-on. But it is unclear how Trump will make good on his promises of retribution,
Republicans in Springfield are calling on Pritzker to repeal the Trust Act, which bars Illinois law enforcement from engaging in immigration enforcement, but Chicago Deputy of Mayor of Immigrant, Migrant and Refugee Rights Beatriz Ponce De León said the city won’t bend when it comes to protecting the Chicago’s hardworking immigrant communities.
Governor-baiting An Indiana political practical joker pulled Gov. J.B. Pritzker's chain last week and succeeded wildly. News reports stated that legislators in the Hoosier state are considering legislation to "create a commission to 'embrace' Illinois border counties" that wish to secede from Illinois and join Indiana.
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he will sign a measure the previous General Assembly approved to confiscate firearms from subjects of domestic violence orders of protection.
J.B. Pritzker, included closing schools and businesses, limiting occupancy at public places, mask mandates and vaccine mandates. In 2022, Ezike left the administration to take a job with Sinai ...
During Wednesday's Chicago City Council meeting, a resident calling himself "Chicago Conservative" shares comments. Afterward, Brandon Johnson and Deputy Mayor Beatrice Ponce de León discuss the city
In a federal lawsuit filed in Chicago on Tuesday, a nonprofit group argues that a new Illinois diversity-affirmation law violates the First Amendment. The America