A petition asking Illinois authorities to allow the sale of carryout cocktails is circulating online, as restaurants and bars struggle to stay afloat during the state’s stay-at-home order. The petition was started by Julia Momose, a partner and bartender at Kumiko in Chicago’s Fulton River District neighborhood. Momose wrote in the petition that such a move could bring in...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker isn’t impressed with President Donald Trump’s decision to commute former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s prison sentence.

Illinois officials are inching closer to selling a downtown Chicago building that houses state government offices, announcing the selection Thursday of a project manager to oversee the sale.

Newly elected Gov. J.B. Pritzker began his first work day in office on Monday by granting pay raises to state union employees that former Gov. Bruce Rauner denied four years ago. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

When lawmakers crafted the law legalizing marijuana in Illinois, they tried to make sure it would right what many see as past wrongs linked to the drug.

State officials have authorized 26 businesses to provide health and safety training to operators who dispense cannabis in Illinois. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced the list of “responsible vendors” on Tuesday. They are based in Cook, Lake, Kane, DuPage, Will and Sangamon counties and from Iowa, Texas and Florida.

After President Donald Trump suggested last month he might commute the 14-year prison term of Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor’s wife, Patti Blagojevich, spoke how she was hopeful.

State officials are taking another step toward selling a downtown Chicago building that house Illinois government offices.

Illinois has awarded its first licenses to businesses that will be allowed to sell recreational marijuana when it becomes legal in the state next year. The Chicago Sun-Times reports regulators announced Thursday the five medical marijuana dispensaries where residents will be able to buy small amounts of the drug starting Jan. 1.

Cook County States Attorney Kimberly Fox announced a partnership with the non-profit California group Coders for America to provide computer software to expunge low level marijuana conviction records.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has fractured his leg, according to his office.

 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is recuperating after suffering a broken leg. NBC 5’s Ash-har Quraishi has the details. 

Drivers who smoke in a vehicle with a minor inside will now face fines under a new Illinois law.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Thursday raising the minimum salary for teachers across the state. The legislation will gradually increase the minimum salary for teachers over the next four years, reaching $40,000 by the 2023-2024 school year.

Health insurance companies in Illinois will soon be required to cover EpiPens for children with severe allergies.

President Trump is considering commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s sentence. However, Illinois Republicans are pushing back. NBC’5 Mary Ann Ahern reports. 

A southern rock band whose logo features Confederate flags was booked for the DuQuoin State Fair for two months before Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s staff learned of the gig and abruptly canceled it, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s thankful that the state has not suffered a mass shooting like those over the weekend — without mentioning two major shootings with multiple deaths in the past decade.

Betsy Ebeling, known to many as a human rights advocate and Hillary Clinton’s best friend, died over the weekend, according to multiple people close to her.