The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

The National Labor Relations Board is scheduled to review a complaint filed by a 68-year-old part-time employee of an Evanston, Illinois, pharmacy who said she was fired for refusing to join a union.

In a speech that paid respect to everyone from a nurse who died from COVID-19, to victims of gun violence, to former Gov. Dwight Green, Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed to “fight against a rising tide of hate,” protect women’s reproductive rights and finally get an assault weapons ban passed.

Jim Durkin, of Western Springs, who spent 22 years in the Illinois General Assembly, will resign Tuesday.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker released a statement saying the current language coming out of the Senate “falls short.” The House passed an assault weapons ban Friday. A Senate panel resumes debate Monday.

“I look forward to working with the House Republican Conference to stop Joe Biden’s destructive, radical, leftist agenda,” Rep. Mary Miller said in a statement.

The pay raise plan that gives Illinois lawmakers an 18% annual salary hike started in the governor's office

By the end of 2022, Illinois had experienced nearly 60 mass shootings in total, with nearly 700 homicides taking place in Chicago alone.

The House and Senate need to come to a last-second agreement to pass a bill before the legislative session runs out.

The CEO of the maker of Jeep SUVs said if the economy and consumer demand worsen, that could be bad news for its Cherokee plant in Belvidere, Illinois, and perhaps other manufacturing facilities.