Illinois the first state in the nation to require public schools to offer mental health screenings in 3rd through 12th grades ...

The bill, SB1560, requires all school districts to provide screening in grades 3 through 12 at least once a year.

Pritzker acknowledged there is no one reason Chicago's homicide rate is down 3% from last year, shootings down 40%, and ...

Some Chicago police officers and firefighters will be getting a big boost to their pension, thanks to a bill signed into law ...

Willette Benford spent 24 years in prison but now is working in the office of Illinois First Lady M.K. Pritzker helping other ...

Gov. JB Pritzker joined state officials on July 31 to sign legislation that will provide Illinois public schools with ...

Pritzker said it’s important to overcome the stigma around getting help for mental health issues and to treat mental health ...

Gov. JB Pritzker spoke at an East St. Louis food shelter on Tuesday to talk about his administration’s plans to alleviate the ...

Two new gun laws were signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week, bringing changes to things like gun storage and ...

Illinois has become the first state to offer annual mental health screenings to public school students in grades 3-12, in partnership with psychiatric hospitals, with the goal of shifting from crisis ...

Pritzker said Illinois is the first in the country to provide universal mental health screenings for children in public schools.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has spent months warning Illinoisans about the economic headwinds coming from Washington, pointing to ...