Wednesday's order offers support for Illinois farmers and their families. His order Thursday will direct the state to work with food banks and pantries, grocers, universities and others to mitigate cuts to the federal food assistance program.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said a proposal to tax billionaires’ assets and enact other levies to help fund the Chicago region’s transit system won’t advance in its current form. The measure seeks to tax unrealized gains from residents with $1 billion or more in net assets,