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A concealed carry bill in the Illinois Senate won't come to a vote this weekend. Planned sessions for today and tomorrow ...
State universities and community colleges reached an agreement with Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) to assume...
The stage is set for a vote on a concealed carry bill. And it's one that the National Rifle Association does not like.&ld...
Add Triple-A to the list of organizations opposed to a higher speed limit.Brad Roeber, president of the Aurora-based Triple-A...
The rate of “food hardship” in Illinois is up slightly. It was 17.6 percent last year – the percentage of p...
Downstate Illinois school districtsmay have toget used to the idea that they – and not the state -- will be responsible...
By the end of the day Thursday, Illinois lawmakers may have two pension solutions to consider: one passed by each chamber. Th...
If the full Senate and the governor agree, certain patients in Illinois would qualify for a prescription for marijuana.The bi...
Firefighters, EMT, and first responders came from all over central Illinois to be apart of the funeral procession for Chicago...
A union-backed pension bill, discussed over the past week with Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) is now ou...
Gov. Pat Quinn likes what he is seeing so far on a gambling expansion bill that passed out of the Senate.Quinn says the bill ...
Funeral services have been set for a Springfield native and Chicago firefighter killed in a traffic crash in Springfield last...
There’s an effort underway to tryto reform the Statement of Economic Interests form that public servants must fill out....
A group affiliated with the National Rifle Association says it wants to give out shotguns in 15 U.S. cities, including Chicag...
Health Care Council of Illinois is traveling the state with nursing home residents and staff to get lawmakers to restore dent...
With the Senate poised to look at the recently passed pension reform bill as early as Tuesday, Gov. Pat Quinn continues to ho...
A Springfield native and Chicago firefighter is dead following a three vehicle crash on I-55 southbound in Springfield.Police...
Illinois senators have passed a casino expansion bill that they hope the governor will like.The bill, which includes many pre...
Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is counting votes, and that’s not limited to the legislature.“I t...
The benefits of making all kindergarten a full-day program in Illinois is compelling to some education-minded lawmakers &ndas...
The governor of Texas is trying to rustle up some business from Illinois. He’s visiting Chicago, following up on an adv...
Illinois State Police and the Illinois Department of Transportation are urging drivers to use caution this afternoon due to f...
A Chicago Democrat failed in her attempt to run a concealed-carry bill through the Illinois House. By court order, the state ...
A byproduct of gang-related murders is mayhem at gang funerals.An Illinois Senate committee has passed a bill to allow cities...
A group of Catholic priests and nuns are making their voices heard in the debate over comprehensive immigration reform.More t...
Lawmakers are moving forward with plans to make retired state workers pay a percentage of their healthcare premiums. They'...
A proposed change in state law would allow state agencies to favor Illinois companies for engineering and architectural servi...
A U.S. Diplomat from Illinois was killed in Afghanistan this weekend.Anne Smedinghoff died in an explosion Saturday as she wa...
Supporters of same-sex marriage are leaning on undecided African-American members in the Illinois House, where the measure la...
A state trooper is dead after a semi hit his patrol car. James Sauter's patrol car was stopped on the shoulder of I-294 n...
The state is investing $750,000 in a program that will help train people in the health care industry. Gov. Quinn says it&...
Monday marked the beginning of early voting for the April 9 local elections in Illinois. The early period ends three days bef...
Governor Pat Quinn on Monday announced $486 million in road and bridge projects that will be started this spring. Joined ...
The Illinois Senate Republican caucus staff has brought to light disparity in education funding in Illinois.State Senator Sam...
Unemployment rose in seven of the state's 12 metro areas in January. The state Department of Employment Security says the...
Proponents of same-sex marriage in Illinois are still short about a dozen votes of the 60 needed for the measure to pass in t...
A bi-partisan bill that would impose jail time for straw purchases and trafficking of guns now heads to the full U.S. Senate ...
The licensing fee would go up for doctors in Illinois, under a bill headed to the governor. The reason is that the fund withi...
Once again, lawmakers have run a gambling expansion bill through a committee, and this time, there’s concern about how ...
A bill allowing medical marijuana use passed an Illinois House committee today and will be heard on the House floor.State Rep...
The business of SIU is temporarily on hold until new board members can be approved. Governor Quinn recommended three people f...
States across the nation are adopting provisions of the Affordable Care Act, and Illinois may soon do the same. The Senate pa...
One more debate and vote, and same-sex marriage will be a signature away from becoming law in Illinois.An Illinois House comm...
Cardinal Francis George will head to Rome this week to help pick a new Pope. He's scheduled to leave Tuesday and is expec...
It’s still legal in much of Illinois to have one hand on the steering wheel and one hand on the phone. That would chang...
What to do about mass transit and the concealed carry of guns was the topic of an Illinois House Judiciary Committee hearing....
It’s not time for anybody to declare victory yet, according to an anti-fracking activist. After representatives of indu...
Lawmakers will listen to more testimony today about gun laws.A hearing scheduled today in Chicago is part of the response to ...
State revenue is expected to increase 2.3 percent next fiscal year over this year.This is the projection of Jim Muschinske, r...
The arguments for and against same-sex marriage can quote the Bible. As a bill allowing gay marriage passed the Illinois Sena...
The parents of slain Chicago teen Hadiya Pendleton will sit in the House of Representatives gallery with First Lady Michelle ...
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has chosen Natashia Holmes, a transportation policy expert formerly with the Illinois Department of Transp...
A gambling expansion bill is on the governor’s desk, but it’s not likely it will become law. A bill that would ex...
Under a plea deal reportedly signed by former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., the length of a possible prison sentence would b...
The House is getting the ball rolling on putting a concealed carry law in place. They’re holding two public hearings la...
Former Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson is reportedly the subject of a separate federal investigation into the use of campaign ...
The state wants to hear from you when it comes to natural resources protection and sustainable use, outdoor recreation, and c...
Springfield School Superintendent Walter Milton is reportedly a finalist in the running to take over the public school distri...
He says he has not determined his political plans for next year, but U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock is blaming overzealous headline w...
Bipartisanship seems to be the buzz word after the House voted on house rules.Republicans, like State Rep. Ed Sullivan(R-Mund...
Former Gov. George Ryan is out of a Terre Haute, Ind. prison.After checking into a halfway house in Chicago, Ryan checked out...
A freshman state representative will do his best to make sure lawmakers from urban and suburban areas understand the role gun...
Later this year, illegal immigrants in Illinois will be allowed to apply for driver’s licenses.Gov. Pat Quinn signed th...
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy is joining U.S. Senator Dick Durbin in calling for stronger gun laws.McCarthy sa...
State Senator Sam McCann wants voters to decide if certain guns should be banned in Illinois.The amendment would have to pass...
Criminal charges have been brought against 32 people accused of defrauding the state of unemployment insurance.The Illinois D...
The funeral for 63-year-old Victor Hudson, 14-year-old Deonte Lewis and 16-year old-Donald Lewis of Springfield and 55-year-o...
Springfield Fire Chief Ken Fustin doesn't suspect foul play in a fire on Ninth Street that killed four people.In a news r...
Convicted Springfield powerbroker Bill Cellini is headed to Federal prison Tuesday.The 78 year old Cellini was convicted last...
Where can the federal government cut spending? An Illinois congressman is looking at the Pentagon.U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-C...
Four people killed in a Springfield house fire have been identified.Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards says 63 year old Vi...
With a new legislature in place, some lawmakers have hope there can be compromise on public pension reform.State Rep. Barbara...
The vice president is to announce gun legislation recommendations Tuesday, but an Illinois congressman says it's just tal...
State Senator Terry Link (D-Waukegan) says he hopes the Senate can vote on a new casino bill next month, and adds there's...
Child deaths in Illinois caused by abuse or neglect are expected to be up sharply when all cases from 2012 are closed.In 2010...
The Illinois House sponsor of a same-sex marriage bill predicts a new bill will get a vote “very soon.” State Rep...
The Illinois pension problems remain, with the General Assembly adjourning its two-year session Tuesday evening without calli...
The Cook County Medical Examiner initially determined the sudden death of Illinois Lottery winner 46 year old Urooj Khan of C...
When there's a medical malpractice windfall, Illinois lawyers will have to settle for their fair share.A bill headed to t...
Governor Quinn and the state's top elected officials failed to agree on a framework to help reform Illinois' pension ...
Illinois Gaming Board appointee Maribeth Vander Weeleresponds to senators’ concerns about the makeup of the workforce i...
Having cancelled today’s (Friday’s) session, and possibly not meeting again, the leaders of the Illinois Senate l...
Gov. Pat Quinn says the legislative lame duck session should be about pensions. A rotunda full of ralliers seems to agree. Th...
It was a symbolic victory, of sorts, for lawmakers in the Illinois House who didn't want to cut the governor any slack.Th...
Two Januarys ago, it was an income tax increase. This year, it could be a pension restructuring package that passes the Illin...
The outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, based in Chicago, will be open for free call-in job counseling today and ...
An Illinois lawmaker says what we need is prayer – or at least religious symbolism – in schools.The lawmaker is S...
Illinois gun makers are considering fighting back against the state's recent effort to ban assault weapons. The owner of ...
Some suburban and Downstate mayors are joining the mayor of Chicago in calling for a ban on military style weapons and large ...
The National Rifle Association says a gun ban is not the answer, while gun-control advocates in Illinois say it is. NRA Vice ...
The Federal Rail Administration has approved the final plan for high speed rail in the state from Chicago to St. Louis -- and...
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is urging Congress to “face the facts” and acknowledge that the weather is getting...
Illinois gamblers are taking to the newly-operating video poker machines in bars and clubs around the state.An Illinois Gamin...
The Office of the Executive Inspector General is setting up a team to investigate waste, fraud and abuse by recipients of sta...
A state senator and congressional candidate arrested after trying to get a gun through security at O’Hare Airport is ou...
A group of 20 lawmakers, most of whom are House Democrats, is pushing a newly introduced pension reform plan.The proposal inc...
State senator and congressional candidate Donne Trotter was busted Wednesday trying to enter through security at O'Hare A...
There were no cold shoulders for State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) on his first day back in Springfield since being indict...
While it’s not on the front burner, legalizing same sex marriage in Illinois is still on the radar of one state represe...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he’s on the case regarding the water level in the Mississippi River.Low water on the river between ...
A Springfield man is dead following overnight violence in Chicago.The Chicago Tribune reports 30 year old William Martin of t...
Ahead of World AIDS Day, the Illinois Department of Public Health has awarded grants to organizations providing service for t...
The Illinois Senate has passed a resolution calling on the Illinois Commerce Commission to follow the rules set by legislatio...
A state lawmaker from Chicago has been indicted on federal bank fraud charges. Prosecutors are seeking a forfeiture of roughl...
The Illinois House made a symbolic vote against any wage increases for state employees who are in a union.Illinois House Spea...
It’s on to the Illinois House for an attempt to keep four corrections facilities open.The Senate today (Wednesday) over...
If the state of Illinois owes you money, you know about the waiting game.Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka says the state owes &#...
A government watchdog is looking for a better vantage point.The Better Government Association has investigated cronyism, self...
Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk are discussing candidates selected by a local bipartisan panel to become Chicago&...
The law allowing adult adoptees in Illinois to request their original birth certificate is a year old. State records indicate...
Black Friday shoppers, beware the parking spot you pull into at your local mall!State and local police will be cracking down ...
Unemployment is down in all of Illinois' metro areas from October 2011 to October 2012. Rockford saw the biggest improvem...
An Illinois congressman is stepping down, so arrangements must be made for a special election.Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (...
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Chicago) resigned Wednesday, after being absent from Congress since June. Gov. Pat Quinn says ...
Jesse Jackson Jr. has resigned from Congress. Multiple reports say the Chicago Democrat submitted his resignation to House Sp...
The dense fog blanketing central Illinois this morning created a lot of early headaches for travelers -- including those flyi...
In some parts of Illinois, a 9-1-1 call for an ambulance can bring almost an hour’s wait. That’s unacceptable, sa...
The effort to allow illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses is gaining support.Gov. Pat Quinn says he’s for i...
A contract involving an Illinois factory is being touted by the governor.Nippon Sharyo in Rochelle has been awarded a $35...
If it’s a “grass roots” campaign, can the top executive be the one starting it? Not traditionally, says lon...
The governor is bringing the issue of reducing government workers’ pensions to the public. Gov. Pat Quinn says lawmaker...
It appears lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are optimistic that public pension reform can be passed before the next Gener...
Another push to raise Illinois’minimum wage is planned for the Veto Session after Thanksgiving.The minimum wage of $...
Patience is wearing thin for Congressman Jesse Jackson, Junior, who hasn't been in the public eye since June. Fellow Demo...
The state is adding another $5 million to its program to help veterans buy homes.The Welcome Home Heroes program offers v...
Sunday was Veterans Day and today is the observed holiday, but some politicians say every day should be Veterans Day.Gov. Pat...
A group of clergy gathered outside the office of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in Chicago Thursday and in Springfield todayc...
A former state lawmaker who was elected to a new term despite having been expelled from the Illinois House over bribery alleg...
Republicans gained four seats in Congress in Illinois in 2010, and lost four in this election.U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-McHenry)...
President Obama is celebrating his re-election to a second term. Addressing thousands of supporters in Chicago, the President...
It’s Election Day, and tonight the president will be in Illinois awaiting the vote tally.In 2008, Barack Obama held his...
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is reporting a second probable case of fungal meningitis as...
All Illinois lawmakers want to tackle public pension reform and a casino expansion plan, but how it gets done is a matter of ...
The bulk of Illinois schools and school districts are not making adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Beh...
Should it be harder to increase pension benefits for government employees? We’ll decide on Election Day.A constitutiona...
Springfield's Memorial Medical Center says it hasn't purchased or administered any drugs linked to the national Menin...
Illinois is undergoing train station modernization.New stations recently opened in Normal and Kewanee, and new facilities are...
Forty years after the passage of the federal Clean Water Act, Illinois has launched a $1 billion effort to overhaul aging...
Local First Springfield has hired its first ever executive director... it marks a turning point for the previously all-volunt...
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady is calling on House Speaker Michael Madigan to host a "Meet Mike Madigan&qu...
Illinois Republican leaders are not pleased with political mailers depicting Republican candidates for the Illinois House as ...
An FBI probe into alleged misuse of funds by an Illinois congressman doesn’t change things ahead of the election, accor...
Gov. Pat Quinn isn’t buying everything charter schools are selling.The governor invited education scholar Diane Ravitch...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he understands the public's dimming view of bringing more casinos to Illinois.The governor saidMonday...
The national meningitis outbreak has reportedly affected a Chicago man. The Illinois Department of Public Health is investiga...
The people who work on the railroad took plenty of guests with them in the past 12 months.For Amtrak’s fiscal year, whi...
Illinois is coming close to completing a high speed rail segment on the route from St. Louis to Chicago.Gov. Pat Quinn will b...
Illinois is in a mental health crisis, according to leaders of two trade groups of medical professionals. Only one ofthem say...
A Springfield businessman has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison on corruption charges. Federal Judge James Zagel h...
Struggling schools in Illinois are in for some help, in the form of a Center for School Improvement. The Illinois State Board...
The idea of term limits is one a recent poll of Illinoisans shows is gaining favor, and a state lawmaker says it’s time...
The top trade official in Illinois says the state stands to benefit from last week’s trip to Brazil.“We are reall...
Your old cell phone could help someone in need.The Illinois Coalition against Domestic Violence and Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon ann...
If you haven’t seen a scenic byway, the time is coming when you’ll be urged to do so.Annual Scenic Byways Week is...
Today is the day that the History Makers go to school.The History Makers is a Chicago-based repository of interviews with Afr...
A three-week-old baby girl who authorities say was kidnapped in front of an Illinois post office this week is found alive and...
The US Attorney for Central Illinois, Jim Lewis, says an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force has closed down a major ...
A former first lady of the United States is going on trial today. Actors will reenact the trial of Mary Todd Lincoln, who was...
An environmental group has identified seven Illinois congressmen as supporters of dirty air.U.S. Reps. Randy Hultgren (R-Winf...
The Illinois Policy Institute says the teachers union in Chicago scored a win, deflecting many reforms and receiving a pay in...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has had enough of the Chicago teacher strike. The teachers walked out last Monday and reached a te...
Chicago public school teachers could return to the classroom as soon as Monday. The teachers union's board is poised to vote...
Another march is slated today by thousands of striking Chicago teachers. It's aimed at keeping pressure on Mayor Rahm Emanu...
A state lawmaker is using teachers strikes in Chicago and Lake Forest as an opportunity to point out why he thinks more schoo...
The state of Illinois is contributing $8 million to build an Illinois Army National Guard facility on the campus of Heart...
Amtrak ridership on Illinois routes is up 5.6 percent through the first 11 months of the federal fiscal year.Amtrak spokesman...
Democratic Candidate for Sangamon county auditor Chris Boyster officially kicked off his campaign by talking about his Republ...
The price of gasoline continues to rise.The average price in Illinois is now $4.09, up from $4.04 a month ago, and fr...
Don't expect any colorful language from Rahm Emanuel during his speech at the DNC in Charlotte. One of President Obama's cam...
The 150th-anniversary commemorations continue at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.President Lincoln decide...
The sponsors of the gambling expansion bill accuse the governor of ducking them, as well as the real reasons he vetoed the bi...
Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed a gambling expansion bill, saying it doesn’t provide enough oversight.Quinn says the bill include...
In most jobs, you go home when the work is done. For members of the police community, that’s not assured.Two of the 69 ...
Two people have died from an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease at a Chicago hotel. The Department of Public Health announced...
The Drew Peterson trial is now moving into the defense phase after the judge rejected a motion to dismiss the case. A judge ...
Gov. Pat Quinn is in office for at least two more years after this one, but he’s popping up as the villain in some Repu...
Derrick Smith is no longer part of the Illinois House. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan announced the 100-6 vote to rem...
If Illinois’ pension problems can be solved in one day, today (Friday) just may be the day. The governor has ordered th...
At least three passengers aboard the deadly downstate Megabus crash have filed suit. A DePaul University student says she'...
Politicians cannot get away from parades. And Gov. Pat Quinn used the occasion of the Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade Thu...
Governor Quinn has called for an federal investigation into Megabus after two people died on Illinois roadways in less than a...
Former Governor George Ryan will be getting out of prison early after all.Ryan is set to be released to a half way house in C...
The Illinois Lottery is re-launching an instant ticket that helps support HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment.The redesigne...
A lawsuit seeking an injunction to prevent the state from moving forward with the closure of Dwight and Tamms prisons as well...
Crews are still on the scene of a major bus crash just north of Litchfield that has shut down Interstate 55 between mile mark...
The pension liability for the state of Illinois is a problem that can't be solved in one day.House Minority Leader Tom Cr...
In the aftermath of the deadly theater shooting in Colorado, Gov. Pat Quinn has penned an amendatory veto banning certain typ...
If his colleagues kick him out, State Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago) could still be voted back into the Illinois House of Rep...
There’s no improvement this week in Illinois’ farm fields.Rainfall last week was .28 inches, and a lot of that fe...
Public opinion in Southern Illinois says don’t close state facilities there.On the chopping block are the Tamms Prison,...
The Chicago Tribune confirms John Larimer of Crystal Lake, IL was among those killed in the Aurora Colorado Massacre yesterda...
Illinois House members will vote next month whether to expel indicted State Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago) and at the same ti...
A panel of lawmakers from the Illinois House has decided to expel a fellow legislator who’s accused of taking a bribe i...
Members of a special Illinois House committee are meeting today to determine the fate of an indicted state representative. Th...
Sentencing for a Springfield powerbroker convicted on federal corruption charges has been delayed.Bill Cellini was supposed t...
The sequestration of federal funds due to take place the first of next year, will not only severely cut federal spending, it ...
Gov. Pat Quinn is still not satisfied with a gambling expansion bill.Quinn remains insistent that legislation that would crea...
A former United States senator says the press is being too nosy when it comes to the condition and whereabouts of U.S. Rep. J...
Doctors for Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Chicago), who has been absent from Congress for a month, say he is being treated...
As Taste of Chicago got under way Wednesday, people lined up by the dozen for free Asian Carp.The fish is a pest in the Illin...
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House are split on whether Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. should release more informat...
High-speed rail keeps progressing in Illinois, even though some hoped-for funds to help the project didnt come through. U.S....
In the winter, Gov. Pat Quinn promised to keep lawmakers in Springfield all summer if they didn’t enact pension reducti...
Illinois’ state treasurer is back from South Korea, while the governor is now in Spain.The South Korea trip was put tog...
Illinois has a new fiscal year and a new state budget.The budget totals $33.7 billion. Gov. Pat Quinn signed it over the ...
Three bills signed into law Thursday aim to ensure working families acquire insurance and stay healthy throughout their lives...
The search will soon start for a new U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says he and U...
How many students are eligible for immigration relief under the president’s order?The estimate is 800,000 nationally, a...
A new U.S. Navy submarine will be named the U.S.S. Illinois.Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced the name at a ceremony in Chic...
Pension reform is on tap today (Thursday) as legislative leaders meet again with Gov. Pat Quinn.While all leaders agree pensi...
A new study shows that crime in Springfield doesn't make the top ten of the most dangerous cities in America.That's i...
The Museum of Broadcast Communications is now in a permanent home.Museum President Bruce DuMont presided over a ribbon cuttin...
Crews are still working to get the Illinois high-speed rail corridor up and running. Starting June 16th, they'll begin the fi...
State Representative Derrick Smith is fighting back. He wants to expose the criminal history of the confidential FBI informan...
As mayors in Danville, Rockford and Chicago push for casinos in their cities, Gov. Pat Quinn says there are flaws in the gamb...
Republican leaders say more transparency is the answer to snuffing out an $83 billion pension liability.House Republican ...
A House panel has found enough evidence of wrongdoing to recommend the punishment process move forward for State Rep. Derrick...
State Representative Derrick Smith is set to find out if his colleagues think he should stay in the legislature. The special...
Illinois lawmakers have once again passed a gambling expansion bill, and this time it's going to the governor.Lawmakers l...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is hoping to lure the Super Bowl to Soldier Field. Emanuel lobbied NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell...
A pension bill working its way through the General Assembly has the House minority leader making strong accusations. The bill...
A nine-year fund raising campaign for the University of Illinois has produced a haul of $2.43 billion.That’s the ta...
While a $34 billion budget passed the Illinois Senate Wednesday evening, the debate was so partisan that State Sen. Kirk ...
While a $34 billion budget passed the Illinois Senate Wednesday evening, the debate was so partisan that State Sen. Kirk ...
Lawmakers are trying yet again to pass a gambling expansion bill, and the idea is gaining more support.The measure picked up ...
The man who put two Illinois governors behind bars is stepping down from his post as the U.S. attorney in Chicago.Patrick Fit...
Lawmakers failed to pass an enhanced anti-bullying law due to some members’ religious concerns.State Sen. Kyle McCarter...
It’s now the middle of what the governor wanted to be an “epic week” on Medicaid changes, but so far his pr...
Motorists may get an extra second to make it through yellow lights, but only at intersections with red-light cameras.State Se...
Chicago's mayor says it's time to hit the pause button on costly cost-of-living increases for public pensions.Rahm Em...
Illinois’ House speaker isn’t sure lawmakers will finish their business ahead of the scheduled adjournment at the...
A U.S. senator says Illinois will receive a fair share of a transportation bill being negotiated in Congress.U.S. Sen. Dick D...
At least a couple of state senators are not excited about giving up the perk of awarding free college tuition to students in ...
The gift of free tuition to state universities is a perk some lawmakers are reluctant to forfeit. A watchdog group pushing a ...
Eva Goltermann brings 20 years experience in radio news broadcasting in Springfield.During this time, she was a member of the...
Former Illinois Governor George Ryan could be heading back to court, this time to clear his name. It's all based on a techni...
Gas prices are down across the state.According to "IllinoisGasPrices.com," the average price of gas in the state is a shade o...
The investigation into State Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago) will take longer than lawmakers had hoped.The U.S. attorney&rsquo...
Fans of historic buildings of Illinois have been awaiting this announcement: the Ten Most Endangered Historic Places from the...
Fans of historic buildings of Illinois have been awaiting this announcement: the Ten Most Endangered Historic Places from the...
The sponsor of a bill to make it more difficult to puff up public pensions – Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chi...
On a day when Pro Football Hall of Famer Richard Dent was honored in the Illinois House, it seems the only person reporters w...
An Australian couple is passing through Illinois using as little gas as possible.Helen and John Taylor are passing through tw...
A group pushing for more casinos in Illinois has lined up a former state representative to carry its flag.Bill Black of Danvi...
A consumer group is calling on Illinois’ congressional delegation to support legislation that would close tax loopholes...
State legislators are digging into the problems facing the Illinois Department of Corrections. An Illinois House committee is...
The public has a chance to weigh in on new mortgage foreclosure laws being developed in Illinois.The state Supreme Court appo...
Illinois lawmakers have not forgotten about adding casinos. State Sen. Terry Link (D-Waukegan) says he and State Rep. Lou Lan...
The Illinois House begins a series of hearings today on whether State Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago) should be expelled from ...
The Illinois State University students found dead in their dorm rooms have been identified. The body of John Stephens was fo...
The Illinois House will form a committee to investigate State Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago) who was arrested for allegedly a...
Illinois lawmakers have defeated a measure to allow private citizens to record police officers on the job.The measure’s...
Illinois' second in command is meeting with Vice President Joe Biden this week. Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon is travelin...
Republican primary voters in Illinois today say they're looking for someone who can win in November. One man who says he vote...
The president of the Illinois Senate is out with his proposal to reform state employees’ pensions.Senate President John...
With legislation moving in Springfield to ban talking on a phone and driving, Gov. Pat Quinn says he doesn’t yet know i...
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will defend himself in public one last time next week. A spokesman says Blagojevich...
Concealed carry advocates are saying this could be the year their right to carry a gun could be realized.It came close last y...
Chicago strip clubs are exempt from a new proposal to tax patrons an additional five dollars at the door. That's because the...
Rose O'Donnell's decision to launch her talk show in Chicago is being called a mistake. An insider tells "The Huffington Pos...
Illinois’ transportation chief says high speed rail will be popular with passengers.IDOT Secretary Ann L. Schneider say...
Illinois is infamous for political corruption. Now University of Illinois professors have statistics to prove it.Since 1976, ...
It could be the end of the road for the federal gas tax helping local mass transit districts. U. S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)...
One down state lawmaker is furious over Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuels proposal to implement a statewide registry for handgun ow...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing the state to create a registry of guns. In a statement, Emanuel says registering guns ...
In this smartphone era, it’s “Candid Camera” all over the place. But it’s against the law in Illinois...
Same-sex couples in Illinois could get married, under a bill which has been filed in the Illinois House. Illinois approved ci...
Some hospitals in Illinois could lose federal funding under a program aimed at helping those in pediatric residency training....
Federal funding has been approved for a 110-mile-per-hour Amtrak bullet train from Chicago to Detroit.Amtrak announced the ap...
The governor outlined several new initiatives during his State of the State address he wants put in place, but Republican lea...
Illinois may soon join 27 other states whose high school dropout age limit is 18. The governor is pushing the idea after the ...
Unemployment in Springfield went up half a percent in December, compared to December a year before. December 2011 unemploymen...
Theres a new way to recycle at the state government building in Chicago. In the concourse of the James R. Thompson Center, w...
Thirteen Illinois communities are receiving more than $87,000 in federal grants for local historic preservation projects....
The congressional primaries across the state are shaping up. Highlights include the incumbent-vs.-incumbent battle in the Rep...
One of the ongoing stories of 2011 stands to continue into 2012: Illinois success or lack thereof at attracting and retaini...
Heating our homes is getting cheaper. Costs this winter are down 9 percent from last winter, according to a forecast by the f...
An Illinois congressman is working on a new "honest services" law. "Honest services," enacted in 1988, h...
On this Martin Luther King Day, the Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers is calling on African Americans to give blo...
Illinois Democratic senator is predicting the re-election of President Obama, but he says there will likely be a good fight b...
Illinois’ Senate President wants to tackle the state’s largest financial burden, unfunded pension liabilities, du...
Chicago's Cardinal Francis George is defending his comparison of an annual gay rights parade to the Ku Klux Klan. George s...
Will the New Year mean gambling expansion in Illinois? Gov. Pat Quinn thinks so. The governor says he sticks by his framework...
Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross wants lawmakers to examine a new investment strategy by the state's teachers' pens...
A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced Tony Rezko to 7 1/2 years in prison for a fraud conviction but will allow him to ser...
The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday that unemployment dropped in nine of the state's 12 metro areas ...
Illinois has two new laws to help veterans. One of the laws allows those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan, and were honorab...
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says the speaker of the House of Representatives has lost control.Durbin points to the speaker...
Illinois lawmakers have approved tax relief to encourage corporations to stay put, and the parade of companies seeking such r...
The way economists define “recession,” the last one’s been over for more than two years. Good luck convinci...
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Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says he's sorry and he never set out to break the law. WTAX's Nick Gale has more fro...
CHICAGO (AP) _ Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is making his final plea for leniency to the judge who will impose his sentence, s...
The Illinois Senate finally, but barely, green lighted a $3.5 billion “clean coal” project in central Illinoi...
The Illinois governor's office says Ohio has offered $400 million in incentives to lure away Sears' corporate headquarter...
Lawmakers spent a lot of time this spring dictating exactly what the state could spend in which areas, but it’s possibl...
A smaller version of a proposal to cut taxes for corporations has passed an IllinoisHouse committee, but its future is uncert...
CHICAGO (AP) _ A federal judge has called for a hearing over whether an Illinois powerbroker who was recently convicted of at...
A Downstate lawmaker wants to kick Cook County out of Illinois because of what he calls glaring policy differences. Talk of s...
A trial to decide a Republican lawsuit over the state's new Democrat-drawn congressional map has ended in federal court in Ch...
Testimony in federal court Thursday pulled the curtain back on the remapping of Illinois’ congressional districts.Democ...
Illinois is the only state that doesn’t allow its residents to carry a concealed firearm, but that wouldn’t matte...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he's "very optimistic" a budget deal can be worked out to keep seven state facilities he'd plan...
Unfinished business is bringing Illinois lawmakers back to Springfield after Thanksgiving. While the Nov. 29 return date was ...
Jennifer Gholston of Chicago was in SpringfieldTuesday to take advantage of Illinois' new law allowing adoptees to apply for ...
EPA guidelines to cut pollution from coal burning power plants will ultimately add up to additional costs for consumers. Talk...
As we get closer to the holidays, a group is asking that you remember those serving in the military.Operation Support Our Tro...
TheIllinois Senate didn’t take up its version of a gambling expansion.The House version of the bill to add five new cas...
_ A bipartisan panel of Illinois legislators has rejected more of Gov. Pat Quinn's plans to closeprisons and health centers i...
Lawmakers have crafted yet another gambling proposal. This time, they say all of the governor’s concerns have been addr...
Unions which represent state workers are worried lawmakers have something up their sleeve. Labor leaders showed up at a House...
Gambling expansion could come up as early as todayas lawmakers get back to work in Springfield during the second half of the ...
The winner of the Illinois Republican straw poll is U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).The first-ever statewide Illinois straw poll...
Talks continue on a jobs package to give relief to Illinois residents and businesses. The state's four legislative leaders me...
The governor says he’s not refusing to negotiate on gambling expansion. Gov. Pat Quinn is simply driving a hard bargain...
Republican leaders in Illinois are trying to put the state on the political map.The Republican presidential straw poll is und...
With Gov. Pat Quinn on the losing end of a legislative battle that will raise electricity rates for consumers, some are curio...
It's beginning to look like the governor does not want any expansion of gambling in Illinois. State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie),...
The state of Illinois is going to start to use the Zipcar service to try to save money on state vehicle costs. The fuel effic...
A different gambling proposal, one that encompasses many of the governor’s ideas, is making its way through the legisla...
Gov. Pat Quinn is challenging lawmakers to send him a casino expansion bill which he has already said he doesn't like. The le...
A shakedown case against clout-heavy millionaire William Cellini will move from courtroom to jury room now that attorneys are...
Governor Pat Quinn has named Ann Schneider to be Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation and John Holton as th...
Consumer advocates are pressing Illinois lawmakers not to override the governor’s veto of electricity legislation. They...
State officials say Illinois has received four grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help local food producers ex...
Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert will be honored with the Carl Sandburg Literary Award at a dinner in Chicago ...
A watchdog group says donors interested in gambling and the ``smart grid'' power system have given more than $1.3 million...
The Illinois State Board of Education is giving taxpayers a chance to weigh in on school funding in the next state budget. ...
Gov. Pat Quinn Monday unveiled the groundwork for a gambling expansion bill that does not include slot machines at racetracks...
CHICAGO (AP) _ Current and former Illinois politicians are honoring longtime U.S. Sen. Charles Percy, who has died at the age...
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald says that he has no plans to leave his post anytime soon.Speaking before a civic organizatio...
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