The Land of Lincoln still isn't at the point where people can feel fully confident that lawmakers aren't making decisions ...

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

He’s feeling left a little high and dry. Reeling from a recent defeat on hemp legislation, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker lashed out at his fellow Democrat, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson who had publicly ...

State lawmakers who stood in the way of recent legislation that would've regulated hemp products have received significant ...

Pritzker and Mayor Johnson are at opposing sides for now, as both see potential tax revenue in regulation. In the town of Normal, the governor called the lack of support for the bill a tragedy.

Many in the hemp industry said not everyone in the hemp space uses deceitful and dangerous practices, and that Gov. J.B.

Crain's cannabis reporter John Pletz talks with host Amy Guth about the hemp industry after a bill aimed at regulating it ...

Johnson defends Springfield relationships, handling of CPS Johnson wasn't the one to kill hemp bill, Pritzker says Deadline to tap state funding for public grocery stores passes — and Johnson ...

Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from reporters at an event in Normal on Tuesday, criticizing House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch for not calling a bill to regulate “intoxicating” hemp ...

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

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s informal rule requiring support from 75% of his Democratic members before allowing floor ...

He’s feeling left a little high and dry. Reeling from a recent defeat on hemp legislation, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker lashed out at his fellow Democrat, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson who had ...