State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, is urging his colleagues to call on House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, to resign as the chamber's leader over the handling of sexual harassment allegations made against ex-Rep. Harry Benton by a former district staffer.
Gov. JB Pritzker said on Wednesday that House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has "a responsibility to be utterly and completely transparent" about his handling of sexual harassment allegations made against ex-Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield.
The Illinois AFL-CIO, one of the state’s largest labor organizations, released its list of endorsed candidates for the November general election on Monday.
House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch said it would be “premature” to call for indicted Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, to resign, arguing that “she's entitled to due process" and, repeating a common refrain among Democratic legislative leaders, that “the court system is the proper place for that to happ
Whether the ethics report that led to former Rep. Harry Benton’s downfall is released will be up to the Legislative Ethics Commission, LIG Mike McCuskey tells Capitol News Illinois.
