Entering her last year in office, Bustos said she is committed to pushing for action on child tax credits and securing broadband for rural communities.

It’s critical to have more young people in office and more inclusion in the governmental process, Fritts said.

Deputy House Minority Leader Tom Demmer filed HJRCA 36 Wednesday “to make state government more efficient and cost effective.”

A National Weather Service forecast shows overnight snowfall could accumulate to 5 inches in most areas of northern Illinois. At the height of the storm, a light fluffy snow will fall at a rate of an inch per hour, which could leave roads snow covered and reduce visibility for motorists.

Demmer said that the state’s problems are too often addressed with higher taxes and more spending, and how “corruption and bloated government drain taxpayer dollars.”

Online services will remain open, but driver service facilities to close Jan. 3 because of COVID-19 surge

Gov. Pritzker makes announcement about $40 million investment

Lawyers for a Latino advocacy group told a panel of federal judges Wednesday that the new legislative district maps passed by the Illinois General Assembly the night before still dilute the vote of Hispanic citizens in the state.

State Senate passes energy bill containing $700 million five-year subsidy for nuclear plants, but House negotiations continue