SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – New state funds will help local school libraries purchase the most up-to-date books, periodicals, digital and audio books, and equipment thanks to the work of House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch and Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias.
Read MoreMELROSE PARK, Ill. – More than $20 million in new state funding will expand pathways to career training for thousands of young people in the west suburbs and across Illinois thanks to the work of House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch and Governor JB Pritzker.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – More than $2.3 million in state funding will help Forest Park replace lead pipelines and protect the safety of local drinking water thanks to the work of House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch met with Illinois fire fighters this week to discuss efforts to protect emergency responders on the job and strengthen retirement benefits for workers who serve communities.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch is leading House Democrats in speaking out against the ways the Trump agenda is hurting communities across Illinois. Members are taking to the House floor every session day to discuss the ways Trump’s erratic leadership is hurting the economy, stripping care from families and veterans, and raising prices in red communities and blue communities alike.
Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch is helping local students continue their education by supporting the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation (ILBCF) Scholarship and encouraging qualified degree seekers to apply.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch is empowering two new working groups to lead House Democrats’ work on property tax relief and reform, and sustainability and economic security in state pensions.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Members of the Illinois House of Representatives recognized Black History Month by celebrating the historic Speakership of Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch, the first African American to serve as Speaker in the state’s history.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch and House Democrats welcomed Gov. JB Pritzker to the House floor Wednesday for the annual State of the State and Budget Address.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch is empowering colleagues to lead important conversations on reproductive rights, gun safety, education, healthcare access, and other critical matters facing the state by announcing reconstituted and reconfigured House Democratic working groups for the new legislative session.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch led his Democratic colleagues in condemning the cruel, destructive, and unlawful orders President Donald Trump has issued during his first weeks in office. Welch and his colleagues passed a series of formal resolutions aimed at calling out Trump’s extremism and committing to move Illinois in a fundamentally better direction.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch joined school administrators from across the state for a discussion on education funding, college and career readiness, teacher retention, and school safety priorities at the Education Leadership Forum held Wednesday at the University of Illinois-Springfield.
Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch brought together his new House leadership team for a wide-ranging discussion on the work of the new legislative session at his third annual leadership retreat Wednesday.
Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – Marking four years to the day since his historic election, House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch is highlighting major legislative victories for Illinois and looking ahead to the next steps to uplift working families.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois House delivered major gun safety reforms to get guns out of the hands of domestic abusers Tuesday, creating new protections to remove firearms and ammunition from individuals who are the subject of protection orders.
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Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch is highlighting new reforms taking effect next month that will help families and seniors cut costs and access better, more affordable healthcare.
Read MoreCHICAGO – On Thursday, Governor JB Pritzker joined IBM’s Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna, University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos, Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) CEO Harley Johnson, and industry stakeholders to announce the new National Quantum Algorithm Center.
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Read MoreCHICAGO – The State of Illinois’ Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program has relieved more than $72 million worth of medical debt for 52,745 Illinois residents from across the state. This debt abolishment is the first effort as part of the State’s commitment to erase roughly $1 billion in medical debt across Illinois.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House adjourned on Thursday, marking the end to legislative session in 2024. During the two-week fall veto session, Democratic House members re-elected Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch to another two-year term as Speaker of the House.
Read MoreFOREST PARK – Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch hosted his 12th annual Senior and Veteran Resource Fair last weekend at Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy in Forest Park.
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