(WLS) -- Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has a warning for Mayor Brandon Johnson: getting help from Springfield this year could be an uphill battle. ABC7 Chicago political reporter ...

JB Pritzker’s tenure began in Springfield with an inauspicious fight between the governor and a key leader in his own party, House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch. Earlier this week ...

Rich Hein/Sun-Times Share Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch said Thursday he expects President-elect Donald Trump to put Chicago “in the middle of a dart board,” but there is no ...

The Land of Lincoln still isn't at the point where people can feel fully confident that lawmakers aren't making decisions ...

Alpha, received the call from the Democratic House Speaker earlier this month that he was tapped to head the House Veterans’ ...

State lawmakers who stood in the way of recent legislation that would've regulated intoxicating hemp products have received significant campaign cash from the industry — while some backers of the ...

CHICAGO — To enact his progressive agenda, Mayor Brandon Johnson is looking to Springfield for an assist, but powerful Speaker of the Illinois House Emanuel “Chris” Welch warns that money is ...

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s continued ... warning from one powerful voice — Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch. “You’ve got to be honest with them, and they ...