Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to sign Senate Bill 1563, or the Squatter Bill, into law. The bill addresses the squatter problem in Illinois, making it easier for police to remove squatters ...

Illinois awards $5 million for fire station upgrades, benefiting safety and infrastructure, particularly in rural areas.

The letter to Secretary Linda McMahon comes just days after 24 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced Christian Mitchell will be his running mate as he seeks a third term. Mitchell is a former three-term state representative and current First Lieutenant in the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7's I-Team learned that Governor JB Pritzker will sign the "Squatter Bill" into law. Senate Bill 1563 passed the Illinois House in May 2025. The proposed Illinois law would make it ...

The ABC7 Chicago I-Team is hearing from yet another homeowner who says squatters have moved into his property and refuse to ...

Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration is “abandoning their responsibility to our students” by withholding $7 billion ...

The Illinois governor, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, criticized fellow Democrats who have failed to push back hard enough against President Donald Trump’s policies.

In Illinois, there are no limits on how many terms a governor can serve. Legislation was previously proposed in 2009 to limit the office to two terms, but that never passed. Stream NBC 5 for free ...

When he was elected governor of Illinois in 2018, J.B. Pritzker was blissfully unaware of the COVID-19 crisis that would dominate his first term. As anyone with a loved one in a retirement home ...

Illinois hasn’t had true school choice since state lawmakers let a low-income scholarship program sunset at the end of 2023, ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 17 of the New York edition with the headline: Illinois Governor’s Race Shows G.O.P.’s Lurch to Right, Helped by Left.