Bill Ruthhart

NCAA athletes in Illinois could sign endorsement deals under bill passed by state lawmakers

June 1, 2021 at 4:17 p.m.

Illinois college athletes would be able to hire agents and sign endorsement deals starting this summer under a measure state lawmakers passed early Tuesday. The move comes as the NCAA...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker answers questions at a news conference March 26, 2021.

Illinois lawmakers go into overtime, approve $42 billion budget, elections changes and an ethics package

October 13, 2022 at 10:08 a.m.

Illinois lawmakers went into overtime Tuesday, missing a midnight deadline to adjourn the spring session but approving a $42 billion state budget, a plan shifting next year's primary to June...

The Illinois State Capitol building May 20, 2020, in Springfield.

Illinois lawmakers head toward final day of spring session still facing issues including budget, ethics and energy policy

May 30, 2021 at 9:32 p.m.

Illinois lawmakers have ensured a hectic windup to the end of their spring session Monday, facing an agenda of high-profile issues that includes putting together a new state budget, toughened...

Rep. Lisa Hernandez, D-Cicero, watches the vote tally for House Resolution 359, a descriptive resolution outlining the criteria used to draw the new Illinois House districts, on the House floor at the Illinois State Capitol on May 28, 2021.

With Madigan gone, Democrats roll Republicans in Springfield to keep control, reward allies

May 29, 2021 at 6:08 p.m.

Illinois Democrats are turning the spring session into a partisan tour de force, wielding their power to push legislation aimed at maintaining their control of Springfield, rewarding their allies and...

Illinois State Rep. Curtis Tarver, D-Chicago, delivers his closing remarks on Senate Bill 542, the remap proposed for the Illinois Supreme Court, on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives at the State Capitol in Springfield on May 28, 2021.

Democrats send legislative maps to Gov. J.B. Pritzker while looking to push 2022 primary election to June

May 28, 2021 at 9:55 p.m.

Illinois' Democratic-led legislature approved new boundaries for the General Assembly aimed at ensuring their control for the next decade, sending their redistricting maps to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who has backed...

In this file photo, a polling station looking in through the windows at Welles Park in Chicago a day after the elections on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020.

State lawmakers look to push next year’s primary election to June because of delays in census data used to draw congressional maps

May 28, 2021 at 2:02 p.m.

Illinois lawmakers are likely to push back next year's March primary election until June because of delays in receiving U.S. Census data they will use to draw new state congressional...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, right, look at the area planned for the Riverwalk expansion in Chicago in March 2013.

Red Line ‘L’ extension? New Lake Shore Drive? Biden’s jobs plan has Illinois and Chicago officials pushing infrastructure wish lists.

April 2, 2021 at 7:27 p.m.

A $2.3 billion extension of Chicago's Red Line south to 130th Street. More than 600,000 new water lines across Illinois. A $3 billion total remake of North Lake Shore Drive....

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