WESTCHESTER, Ill. (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 ...

Ahead of Monday’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch says Illinois is already “Trump-proof.” Rich Hein/Sun-Times Share Illinois ...

Dozens of states have a general sales tax. In Illinois, the tax covers consumer goods, but not services. That's a mistake, ...

Illinois participated in one court battle with the Trump administration Thursday when a federal judge temporarily blocked ...

Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch wants to vet the state’s underfunded pensions through a budgetary lens as the Legislature ...

Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, received the call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, earlier this ...

Alpha, received a call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, in January that he was tapped to head ...

Among the recipients: Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, a Hillside Democrat who refused to call the Pritzker-backed measure for a vote this month despite it likely having enough ...

The Indiana General Assembly is considering legislation that would adjust that state’s borders to include Illinois counties ... Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch calls “a ...

He noted that he was a staffer to Illinois Senate President Don Harmon and said he had strong ties to Welch and other lawmakers. But like Pritzker, Welch said he has had few conversations with ...