Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bid to reset his agenda for the new year was eclipsed Tuesday by a remarkably direct attack from Gov.

A bill that would regulate several hemp and delta-8 products in Illinois will not make it across the final line to become law ...

Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part thanks to a loophole in federal law, prompting smoke shops that sell ...

Reeling from a recent defeat on hemp legislation, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker lashed out at his fellow Democrat, Chicago Mayor ...

The legislation passed and sent to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk during the General Assembly’s brief lame-duck session was ...

The governor pointed to other interests against the bill, but also said Chicago's mayor didn't extend him a common political ...

The failure of a little-noticed bill to regulate hemp has much bigger implications as a new Legislature is sworn in.

Chicago’s kids are ending up in hospitals after ingesting synthetic THC in the form of gummies. Their mayor just kept that ...

An already contentious relationship still can be salvaged if a mayor and governor who need each other to solve their ...

Legislation championed by Gov. JB Pritzker to strongly regulate hemp sales stalled in the Illinois House late Monday after intense lobbying by both the governor and Mayor Brandon Johnson, who opposed ...

The debate over legislation regulating the hemp industry is revealing cracks in the Democratic Party in Illinois.