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Pride Month is a time to celebrate and remember all the activists and trailblazers who have fought for LGBTQ+ rights and the progress we have made.

I’m looking forward to building on my work meeting with business leaders in Japan to strengthen existing partnerships, attract new investment and continue promoting Illinois on a global stage.

I’ve seen firsthand how these investments help create jobs, support farmers and grow our economy back home.

With our existing investments and strong leadership at the state level, Illinois is as strong as ever and the perfect place for more investments and international business expansion from our partners in Asia.

Thanks to the chaos and confusion from the Trump Administration, there’s a lot of uncertainty abroad in about investing in America’s economy right now—I’m traveling to Japan to provide another perspective.

Article I of the Constitution vests the power of the purse in Congress, which Congress has historically exercised by appropriating taxpayer dollars through federal grants to fund critical programs, including to protect public safety…

Ultimately, these changes will make it harder for grant recipients to apply for and manage federal funds – undermining public safety, public health, economic competitiveness, and the government’s ability to address rising costs.

Your proposal exceeds OMB’s authority, will make it impossible for grant recipients to faithfully carry out the funding priorities that Congress establishes in statute, and would turn federal grants into a new cudgel for the President to…

An elderly man, probably homeless, was sprawled unconscious on the museum's front stone steps in the midst of a heat emergency. I called 911, and the operator said, ‘Well, is he ASKING for help?’ When I said no, she said, ‘Well, I'm not…

There is no statutory preference for consular processing, and legislative history shows that Congress has long maintained a strong preference in favor of allowing eligible noncitizens to adjust status in the United States.

These and other injustices people with disabilities experience in our digital world must end.

No child should ever be put in a situation where they lose their life protecting a friend from gunfire.

I hope we’re not all complicit in assisting an unintended suicide.

I moved on, like many others who simply ignored him.

So the man remained, passed out in the blazing noon sun. I guess that’s how the City of Chicago deals with such situations.

The Founders gave us a republic. The question on this anniversary is whether we have the wisdom and the courage to keep it.

President Trump promised, again and again, that he would lower costs for Americans ‘on day one.’ In reality, Illinoisans have been footing the bill for the President’s haphazard trade policies, his cuts to health care coverage, and his war…

On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly promised no more wars and lower costs—and instead, Illinoisans are getting the exact opposite.