Welch Gives Mother Stegall Her Flowers While She Can Smell Them
Eddie Mae Stegall, affectionately known as Mother Stegall, may have thought she was at Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s district offices at 1005 Roosevelt Rd. in Westchester on Jan. 23 to give her thoughts on his performance in office so far.
“I see you on the TV — you’re looking good,” Stegall told Welch during small talk before Welch told her why she was there.
“I was hoping I could bring you to Springfield, but it’s so far and such a long drive that I figured it would be easier to do it here,” Welch said. “This is a very special and long-overdue recognition of you for all the work you’ve done in this community.”
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‘This Is Going To Be A Big Deal,’ Welch Says Of Westchester’s New Senior-Only DMV
Senior citizens from across the state have a new reason to visit Westchester now that there’s a senior-only DMV in the Village Hall’s Community Room.
The new senior-only site, where the elderly can do things like renew their driver’s licenses and get Real ID’s, all without an appointment, is just the third in the state behind pilot locations that opened last month in Evanston and Bridgeview.
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Illinois House approves staff unionization, GOP questions whether it’s necessary
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The speaker of the Illinois House on Wednesday won approval for allowing legislative staff to organize for collective bargaining, overcoming Republican objections about whether it’s necessary.
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Workers' Rights: Illinois House passes legislative staff union proposal
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois House approved a plan Wednesday to allow legislative staff to unionize and collectively bargain for livable wages and reasonable hours among other priorities.
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State Legislative Staffers Across the U.S. Push to Unionize
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch says he wants the state’s legislative staff to be allowed to unionize. The Democrat authored a bill he says would allow that last week, even though it’s unusual for the house speaker to write their own legislation.
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Welch introduces bill to allow legislative staff to unionize
SPRINGFIELD – House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, has filed legislation that would, for the first time in Illinois, authorize legislative staff to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.
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Welch favors staff union
Employees of the speaker’s office in the Illinois legislature may soon get the opportunity to unionize.
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Illinois House Speaker Welch introduces bill to allow legislative staff to unionize
House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, has filed legislation that would, for the first time in Illinois, authorize legislative staff to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.
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Illinois House Speaker pushes bill to allow the statehouse to unionize
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch has filed a bill that would allow House and Senate legislative staffers the ability to unionize. It’s an extraordinary move given the House speaker isn’t usually one to carry his own legislation.
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Illinois House speaker files bill authorizing legislative staff union
SPRINGFIELD — Nearly a year after legislative staff in House Speaker Chris Welch's office privately declared their intent to unionize, there finally appears to be a path forward into the unchartered waters.
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London calling? Pritzker gives UK trip update — hints Illinois in ‘final throes’ of electric vehicle deals
In a call with reporters Wednesday, the governor said he is actively pursuing Illinois partnerships with electric vehicle companies and original equipment manufacturers.
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Illinois could be a national model for eliminating cash bail, but implementation is another test
The landmark decision clears the way for unprecedented criminal justice reform. Here’s how politicians, prosecutors and advocates responded.
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Illinois Speaker on what the legislature finished this spring, what didn’t get done and the new budget
Last Wednesday, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a $50.4 billion budget for the coming fiscal year after lawmakers missed a self-imposed deadline and were forced to return to the statehouse after Memorial Day.
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Pritzker zeroes in on education investments, signs fiscal year budget for 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — After being unanimously passed by Democrats with no Republican support, Governor JB Pritzker signed the bill containing the fiscal year budget for 2024 into law Wednesday.
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Pritzker signs $50.4 billion budget that boosts early education funding — and stops state officials’ raises from breaking the law
The governor’s office said line-item reductions of $192,700 were made after a review found that cost-of-living pay raises granted to constitutional officers, legislators and some appointed officials exceeded 5%, which they said was unconstitutional.
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Governor JB Pritzker signs $50B state budget
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker signed the state budget into law in Chicago Wednesday.
The spending package is the largest budget in state history, over $50 billion. It includes major boosts for education, and health care and childcare. It also invests in law enforcement and measures meant to help the homeless.
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Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch on Budget, Bipartisanship and Immigration
It will be up to Gov. J.B. Pritzker to slice in half spending on health care for undocumented immigrants, and Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch said he’s confident the governor can do it.
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Chicago ahead of nation in diverse executive ranks at big companies
Minority representation among executives at Chicago’s 50 largest public companies has increased over the past 10 years, with local numbers ahead of national statistics, according to advocacy organization Chicago United.
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Top Democrats announce budget ‘deal,’ but details are scant as last-minute negotiations continue
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic leaders announced Wednesday they’ve agreed to a framework for next year’s roughly $50 billion state spending plan, even as negotiations continued in the final stretch of lawmakers’ already-extended spring legislative session.
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Readout of White House Meeting with Black Speakers of the House
Today, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Ambassador Susan Rice, Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor, met with the historic five Black Speakers of the House from state legislatures across the country: Speaker Chris Welch of Illinois, Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross of Maine, Speaker Adrienne Jones of Maryland, Speaker Joe Tate of Michigan, and Speaker Carl Heastie of New York.
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