House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries addressing Illinois Democrats at County Chairs Assoc. breakfast.

#OTD in 1965, Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law, with former Pres. Harry Truman in attendance. Here's our podcast with UChicago's Colleen Grogan marking the 60th anniversary. soundcloud.com/user-5920901...

60 years ago this month, LBJ signed Medicare into law and enrolled Harry Truman into the program. Tucked inside the bill was another new program few people noticed at the time - Medicaid. Listen to this week's podcast about how we got from there to here. soundcloud.com/user-5920901...

No Kings protest at the Illinois Statehouse in Springfield.

Gov. Pritzker promoting his plan to ban cell phones in classrooms.

IL House Speaker Welch argues for resolution condemning Trump's anti-DEI initiatives; calls out GOP for walking out.

Getting ready for inauguration of the Illinois House at UIS auditorium.

House concurs in Sen. amdts to HB 4439, designating the soybean as the "official bean" of Illinois. (Not this thing.)

Illinois Elector Melinda Bush casts her ballots for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. #ElectoralCollege

Illinois presidential electors getting ready to cast ballots. American democracy in action.

IL Senate GOP calling attention to reports of deaths, health emergencies from suspected drug exposures in state prisons.

Rep. Sue Scherer, who chairs a K-12 ed cmte, says she's "gravely concerned" about the appointment of former World Wrestling Entertainment exec Linda McMahon to be @USED
sec'y. "I will do everything humanly possible to protect public education and the State Board of Education.

Join us tonight (11/19) as we celebrate CNI's progress and discuss the evolution of statehouse journalism.