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

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

JB Pritzker to impose strict regulations on intoxicating hemp products accepted campaign contributions from people and groups affiliated with the industry in the months leading up to the showdown ...

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 ...

The legislation passed and sent to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk during the General Assembly’s brief lame-duck session was overshadowed by the governor’s squabble with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson over a ...

Hemp business owners sent a flurry of campaign contributions to key Illinois lawmakers this fall to ward off a feared ...

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

JB Pritzker, following the governor’s rare defeat in Springfield concerning hemp regulations the mayor opposed. Johnson scheduled a series of interviews with local reporters after a bruising year in ...

Gov. JB Pritzker says Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wasn’t responsible for the defeat of a hemp-regulation bill in Springfield that was a priority for the governor. Pritzker, who pushed hard for ...

(WCIA) — A bill that would regulate several hemp and delta-8 products in Illinois will not make it across the final line to become law on the last day of session. Governor J.B. Pritzker spoke ...

SPRINGFIELD – 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 ...