The effects of a shutdown depend on its duration. And the longer it lasts, its impact grows more severe. In Illinois, most immediately, an estimated 42,637 federal workers in the state would go ...

The move comes after nearly a year of requests for voluntary recognition by employees in offices run by Speaker Emanuel ...

Now, state judges will ... “Today, Illinois is no longer criminalizing poverty, and the entire nation has their eyes on us,” Illinois House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch said during a press ...

North Carolina's new, $30-billion budget passed initial votes at the legislature Thursday — the first in a series of approvals that are expected to soon wrap up months of negotiations on the ...

The North Carolina legislature has voted to pass a long-delayed $30 billion spending plan. The final vote was 70-40 in the House after midnight with about five Democrats joining Republicans in ...

CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina General Assembly has approved the state’s proposed $30 billion budget. The house gave its final approval shortly after midnight. After months of negotiations ...

North Carolina's new, $30-billion budget passed initial votes at the legislature Thursday — the first in a series of approvals that are expected to soon wrap up months of negotiations on the ...

The North Carolina legislature has voted to pass a long-delayed $30 billion spending plan. The final vote was 70-40 in the House after midnight with about five Democrats joining Republicans in ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina House voted to pass a new, $30 billion state budget Thursday — the first vote needed in a series of approvals that are expected to soon wrap up months of ...