J.B. Pritzker

As a panel of state lawmakers prepares to grill members of Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration over how a COVID-19 outbreak at a state-run veterans’ home...

Gov. J.B. Prizker announced the state will move into the bridge to Phase 5 of reopening next week.

Southwestern Illinois College is receiving $7.5 million to build the new facility.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker could soon loosen COVID-19 restrictions if hospitalizations and positive cases continue to drop.

Boosting the need for clean energy has taken on new urgency in the last year after ComEd signed off on a $200 million fine and admitted in a deferred prosecution agreement that the company engaged in a years-long bribery scheme.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a “bridge phase” and said universal eligibility for vaccines begins April 12.

“The persistent flooding and sewage residents have experienced are entirely unacceptable, especially in a pandemic when home has never been more sacred,” the governor said.

Advocates are celebrating a new law that will end wealth-based pretrial detention in Illinois. With Gov. J.B. Pritzker's signature yesterday, the state becomes the first in the country to eliminate cash bail.

County health departments in the St. Louis area plan to use these pre-registration sites as a key tool for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

NPR Illinois statehouse reporter Hannah Meisel gives a preview of this year's Illinois legislative session. Lawmakers are expected to address the state budget, which is $4 billion out of balance, and several proposals designed to narrow racial economic inequities.