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Dan Montgomery, president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, speaks during a rally for striking Proviso High School District 209 teachers, counselors, social workers and librarians outside Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy March 4, 2022, in Forest Park.

COVID-related paid leave for fully vaccinated teachers and staff now guaranteed in Illinois

April 6, 2022 at 9:45 a.m.

Fully vaccinated teachers and school staff are guaranteed pandemic-related paid leave under a bill Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Tuesday. The legislation retroactively returns to teachers sick days they...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is joined by lawmakers and community advocates as he signs HB 3653, a sweeping criminal justice and police reform bill, on Feb. 22, 2021, at Chicago State University.

Crime and budget are top of mind for Illinois lawmakers as session wraps up Friday

April 3, 2022 at 10:40 a.m.

With their condensed election-year session set to wrap up Friday, Illinois lawmakers are eager to leave Springfield for the campaign trail. But they'll first have to address concerns about crime...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks to media at the Thompson Center, on Aug. 26, 2021.

Bill guaranteeing paid pandemic-related leave to fully vaccinated teachers heads to Pritzker’s desk

March 31, 2022 at 6:33 p.m.

A bill that would guarantee pandemic-related paid leave for fully vaccinated teachers is headed to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk after passing in the Senate Thursday. The legislation is an updated...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker at Navy Pier in Chicago on Feb. 28, 2022.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker accuses GOP of trying to ‘tear apart’ state Prisoner Review Board, but Democrats also reject governor’s nominee as too lenient

March 30, 2022 at 7:44 a.m.

For the second time in a week, state Senate Democrats turned their back on a nominee of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, but the governor on...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Feb. 9, 2022.

In a rare move, Democratic-controlled Illinois Senate rejects Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s pick for state parole board

March 23, 2022 at 3:58 p.m.

The Illinois Senate on Tuesday took the rare step of rejecting one of Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker's nominees to a state agency, in this case the Prisoner Review Board. The...

DCFS Director Marc Smith listens during a presentation on the findings of a six-week review that looked at the agency's intact family services on May 13, 2019.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed to overhaul state’s child welfare system. Despite additional funding, some say it’s in worse shape than ever.

March 22, 2022 at 6:14 a.m.

During his first months in office, Gov. J.B. Pritzker promised to "overhaul" Illinois' broken child welfare system following a report that criticized policies for keeping families together after abuse and...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago on Jan. 31, 2022.

To combat ongoing opioid crisis, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces Overdose Action Plan

July 29, 2022 at 6:03 p.m.

Two years after issuing an executive order creating a committee to address the opioid crisis in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday announced the formation of a statewide Overdose Action...

Dana Weiner, a child welfare expert from the University of Chicago's Chapin Hall , gives a presentation at a Chicago office of the Department of Children and Family Services on May 13, 2019.

Children’s behavioral health initiative to streamline ‘inefficient, confusing’ social service system, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says

March 18, 2022 at 2:35 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday announced a children's behavioral health initiative to oversee coordination across state agencies with the aim of making specialized support and resources more easily available to...

A view of the Illinois Capitol dome in Springfield during tax season on March 7, 2022.

Users of MyTax system for filing state returns will need ID number that is sent through the mail

March 10, 2022 at 12:29 p.m.

Illinois residents have been able to file their state income tax return through the Illinois Department of Revenue's online filing system, MyTax Illinois, for almost a decade. But there's an...

State Senate President Don Harmon greets members during the inauguration of the new Illinois Senate for the 102nd General Assembly on Jan. 13, 2021, at the Capitol in Springfield. Senators were sworn in during separate groups.

After months of rancor and rebellion, Illinois House follows Senate in removing mask mandate

March 8, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.

After months of rancor and occasional rebellion over a mask mandate on the Illinois House floor, representatives voted Tuesday to lift the requirement, one day after the state Senate announced...

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