
Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch
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Husband, Dad, State Rep, IL-7th, 70th Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. The first Black lawmaker to serve as Speaker in Illinois history.
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Amid federal cuts to library budgets nationwide, we’re doing things differently in Illinois. This morning, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced $20 million in library grants to help libraries continue empowering Illinoisans to learn, grow and explore in communities across



.Governor JB Pritzker called the Senate passage of OBBB “shameful,” saying that “people will die” if it is signed into law. Though “prayerful that something will intervene,” the governor said he’s “pessimistic about Washington, D.C. and their ability to do the right thing.” #twill






.Governor JB Pritzker on President Trump signing the budget bill: “On a day meant to celebrate our nation breaking free from the rule of kings, Donald Trump and his court jesters in Congress are acting like them.” #twill





Should NASCAR Chicago Street Race return its street race to Chicago again next year?

