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Illinois state government
September 28, 2016
AP: Across US, police officers abuse confidential databases
Police officers across the country misuse confidential law enforcement databases to get information on romantic partners, ...
September 27, 2016
Judge's ruling weakens Election Day registration in Illinois
Voters in highly populated areas of Illinois will have fewer options to register on Election Day this November after a ...
September 16, 2016
Ex-Illinois legislator says woman extorted him on Facebook
A top Republican in the Illinois House who resigned in July after claiming his Facebook page had been hacked acknowledged ...
September 14, 2016
Chicago argues police officers' personal emails are private
The city of Chicago has asked a judge to overturn an Illinois attorney general's binding opinion that police officers' ...
September 12, 2016
With backing of wealthy governor, Illinois GOP spending big
For the first time in recent history, Illinois Republicans are vastly outspending Democrats in fall legislative races with ...
August 21, 2016
Illinois latest state to expand domestic workers' rights
Left out of federal labor law written decades ago, nannies, housekeepers and private caregivers are gaining legal protections ...
Lisa Madigan
August 16, 2016
Illinois AG orders emails disclosed, refuels privacy debate
Chicago police officers' emails discussing the Laquan McDonald shooting can't be kept secret even though they were ...
Patti Blagojevich
August 09, 2016
The Latest: Blagojevich lawyer: Supreme Court appeal likely
The Latest on the resentencing of ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (all times local): 2 p.m. A lawyer for former Illinois Gov
Rod Blagojenich, Patti Blagojevich
August 09, 2016
Jailhouse Rockers cited in defense of ex-Illinois governor
Rod Blagojevich's Jailhouse Rockers may have disbanded but their memory lives on in the ex-Illinois governor's resentencing ...
July 29, 2016
Governor signs bill reducing marijuana penalties in Illinois
Marijuana possession in small amounts in Illinois will be punishable by fines but not jail time after Gov. Bruce Rauner ...
July 29, 2016
Huge, once-hated fish now seen as weapon against Asian carp
It's a toothy giant that can grow longer than a horse and heavier than a refrigerator, a fearsome-looking prehistoric fish ...
July 27, 2016
Rauner: Illinois doing all it can on Legionnaires' cases
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner said Wednesday that the state is doing everything it can to prevent the spread of Legionnaires' ...
July 27, 2016
The Latest: Obama has special Twitter fan back in Illinois
The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times EDT): 12:05 a.m. That's her man. President Barack Obama's got a ...
July 23, 2016
ACLU praises new Illinois limits on cellphone surveillance
A new Illinois law limits how police can use devices that cast a wide net in gathering cellphone data and are at the center ...
Leslie Geissler Munger
July 14, 2016
State report shows Illinois staring down $8 billion deficit
The state of Illinois' spending will outstrip what it brings in by nearly $8 billion this year despite a stopgap budget ...
Rod Blagojevich
July 12, 2016
Love him tender: Blagojevich still Elvis fanatic in prison
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich gave up his life-sized Elvis Presley statue when he went to prison in 2012, but not his ...
Donald Trump
July 12, 2016
The Latest: Clinton to address nation's divisions in Ill.
The Latest on Campaign 2016 ahead of the Republican and Democratic presidential nominating conventions (all times EDT): 10:30 ...
July 10, 2016
Illinois reporter shaves 'budget beard' grown during impasse
It's gone. A political reporter in Illinois has finally had his beard shaved after more than 13 months of growing the bushy ...
Abner Mikva, Barack Obama
July 05, 2016
Abner Mikva, ex-congressman, judge from Illinois, dies at 90
Abner Mikva, a liberal stalwart from Illinois who served in all three branches of the federal government, mentored a young ...
July 03, 2016
As late budgets go, Illinois has no equal
Illinois has redefined what it means to have a late budget. Other states have gone several months without a spending plan ...
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