News 8's Shelby Kluver talked with Peter Hancock from Capitol News Illinois on the latest news out of Springfield.

Gov. JB Pritzker's proposal makes sense. Other states have cellphone restriction in schools, and districts shouldn't hesitate to require students to turn off their phones during classes.

From July 2024 to February 2025, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights has received over $63 million in ...

Pritzker has stepped into the role as one of President Trump's most direct and pugnacious critics. It's a balancing act with ...

An improved revenue forecast is helping ease pressure on state finances as Gov. JB Pritzker calls for tightened spending to ...

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch didn’t sound all that enthused about passing any new ethics reforms during an interview last week. In the wake of former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction ...

Democracy being at risk isn’t something most people can imagine. They’re worried about not being able to buy eggs at a ...

It’s time once again to dive in to another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about ...

Gov. JB Pritzker announced efforts that would ban cellphones in Illinois classrooms. Here's what you need to know.

For just over a half hour Wednesday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s combined budget and State of the State address followed an expected course, detailing spending and initiatives for a new ...

Still, it’s questionable whether Pritzker’s provocative comparison of Trumpism and Nazism, essentially staking out an “us vs.

News this week at the University ranges from upcoming student elections to new budget proposals signed by Gov. JB Pritzker.