The bill, SB1560, requires all school districts to provide screening in grades 3 through 12 at least once a year.

The Safe Gun Storage Act requires owners to keep weapons in a locked box around minors and at-risk individuals. Another bill ...

"I’m tired of hearing thoughts and prayers and then nothing gets done, so Illinois is standing up and doing something about ...

With gun violence still a persistent problem despite recent drops in Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of gun control ...

No, he’s not attending to our egregiously gerrymandered state. He’s riled up about mapmaking drama in Texas.

Gov. JB Pritzker joined state officials on July 31 to sign legislation that will provide Illinois public schools with cost-free mental health screening tools for students across the state, according ...

Pritzker said Illinois is the first in the country to provide universal mental health screenings for children in public schools.

The bill, SB1560 requires all school districts to provide screening in grades 3 through 12 at least once a year, starting in the 2027-2028 school year.

Pritzker said it’s important to overcome the stigma around getting help for mental health issues and to treat mental health ...

Governor Pritzker enacted 15 bills into law, focusing on education, hunting, and more. Greg Bishop reviews key impacts of the ...

Illinois has become the first state to offer annual mental health screenings to public school students in grades 3-12, in partnership with psychiatric hospitals, with the goal of shifting from crisis ...

Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker makes it clear Illinois is a land of “choice” when it comes to reproductive rights.