It all started with hemp regulations. In December, Governor JB Pritzker pushed for a bill to pass that would have put strict ...

The failed vote was no surprise; even if the amendment had passed, there would have been a 34-vote hurdle to clear a ...

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

Mayor Brandon Johnson defended his relationship with Gov. JB Pritzker today after the second-term governor bristled at the mayor’s role in blocking a bill regulating the hemp industry.

Brandon Johnson often speaks of his concern for the ... from taking action against unregulated purveyors of potent hemp products that have sent numerous city kids to the hospital after what ...

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s continued insistence on looking ... week to Pritzker-backed legislation to regulate sales of hemp used in products such as delta-8 and delta-10 THC.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s continued insistence on looking to Springfield as a magical pot of gold for additional city revenue ...

Fresh off a rare defeat in Springfield, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday delivered some of his sharpest words yet against Mayor Brandon Johnson. At an unrelated news conference, the governor staunchly ...

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.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and House Speaker Chris Welch — recently had a public fight over a bill restricting sales of hemp-related ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bid to reset his agenda for the new year was eclipsed Tuesday by a remarkably direct attack from Gov. JB Pritzker, following the governor’s rare defeat in Springfield ...

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 ...