Democratic leaders in California, Illinois and New York are exploring retaliatory measures to offset the creation of more safe red seats. Moving as swiftly as their GOP counterparts will be hard.

This story contains mentions of suicide. With a backdrop of a hand-painted, student-made mural and a grinning slate of state ...

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

A new Illinois law is scheduled to implement annual mental health screenings in public schools beginning during the 2027-28 ...

Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill mandating mental health screenings for public school students in grades 3-12 in Illinois, making it the first state in the nation to do so.

The bill requires all school districts to offer mental health screenings to students enrolled in grades 3-12, at least once a year, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year.

For 17-year-old Abhinav Anne, offering Illinois students a chance to get a free mental health screening feels like a milestone in his work in mental health advocacy. Governor JB Pritzker cemented that ...

As part of the program, mental health screenings in Illinois schools will become a regular thing. The state’s Board of ...

The party is anxious to move on from their losses and look to the future — but their central figures from the last election keep stepping back into the spotlight.

Governor JB Pritzker joined Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, Attorney General Kwame Raoul, legislative leaders, 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 it’s important to overcome the stigma around getting help for mental health issues and to treat mental health ...