SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - When lawmakers return Tuesday, the Illinois Legislature has around five weeks to show taxpayers how their dollars will be spent.
Details have yet to come into focus. But lawmakers have been busy passing hundreds of bills off to the opposite chamber.
As Fridayâs session commenced, House Speaker Emanuel âChrisâ Welch, D-Hillside, said in a statement marking his first 100 days in office heâs making good on his promise of helping make the state better.
âIn my inaugural address, I vowed that I would work with all members of the Illinois House to make this state better,â Welch said Friday. âWhile I understand we are one of the most diverse states in the country, we are all here to represent the people of Illinois and make their lives better.â
“It’s no secret that I have been the target of vicious attacks by people who sought to diminish my many achievements lifting up the working people of Illinois," Madigan said.
State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch was walking through security at the Bank of Springfield Center on his way to the makeshift Illinois House floor the morning of Jan. 11 when
State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch was walking through security at the Bank of Springfield Center on his way to the makeshift Illinois House floor the morning of Jan. 11 when