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Illinois House members say Senate President John Cullerton's pension-reform proposal saves at most only 60 percent of wha...
With just two weeks left in the legislative session, Illinois lawmakers have a full plate of controversial issues to tackle.T...
Parents of three children killed in the Connecticut school shooting say a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines will help...
Medical marijuana use in Illinois is now in Gov. Pat Quinn's hands after the state Senate approved legislation.Lawmakers ...
A new complication is popping up while Jefferson County officials try to recover Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detainee...
State universities and community colleges have agreed to gradually pick up their own retirement costs under a preliminary dea...
CHICAGO (AP) — A candidate for the chairmanship of theIllinoisRepublican Party who supports gay marriage has pulled out...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A new audit has found that less than half of the money from the state Road Fund has gone towar...
Sam Kuhnert is a baseball player with only one hand, and he joined the Morning Newswatch to discuss his organization, NubAbil...
General Assistance in Williamson County could be expanding.The fund was initially set up to help people ages 55-62 who weren&...
A Chicago-based watchdog group says Illinois must have a long-range plan to address its shaky finances, including the nation&...
Both chambers in the General Assembly are set for a showdown over a solution to the state’s $97 billion pension pro...
A union-backed approach for addressing Illinois' nearly $100 billion pension crisis is now going to see a full vote b...
Gov. Pat Quinn says income tax revenue for 2013 will top forecasts by $1.3 billion. He says he'll put the money towar...
House Speaker Michael Madigan is moving forward with a plan to require local school districts to pay their share of teacher p...
A union-backed approach for dealing with Illinois' nearly $100 billion pension crisis is getting its first full airin...
Senate Democrats are supporting their own plan to solve Illinois’ pension problems.Senate President John Cullerton says...
Lawmakers return to Springfield with two options on the table for addressing Illinois' $97 billion pension problem.La...
A government study finds the suicide rate among middle-aged Illinois residents is increasing, but not by as much as the natio...
A comprehensive pension-reform plan is now on its way to the Senate.The House voted 62-51 Thursday to advance the measure spo...
Jo Poshard stops by to talk about the $70,000 given by the Poshard Foundation to 28 facilities in southern Illinois to he...
An Illinois House committee is endorsing a plan by Speaker Michael Madigan to tackle a Goliath-sized public-employee pension ...
A spokeswoman for Senate President John Cullerton says he will keep working to pass a pension reform bill he believes can sur...
House Republicans are pushing for a vote on a bill regulating high-volume oil and gas drilling in Illinois.Minority Leader To...
A professor at SIU is suing the university and Chancellor Rita Cheng for sex discrimination.Laura Hatcher is an assistant pro...
The Jefferson County Jail can now house Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees after passing a re-inspection.The inmat...
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has released his 2012 federal and state income tax returns, which show the only money he earned was h...
The Illinois Supreme Court has announced the death at age 81 of former Chief Justice Moses Harrison.Harrison died Thursday at...
The leader of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus says the fate of a measure that would authorize same-sex couples to marry...
Tired of paying more state taxes and hearing only about overdue bills and a pension crisis?Now you can do more than cry, &quo...
An expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could increase Illinois' unpaid bills.Th...
House Speaker Michael Madigan credits a seldom-used legislative practice that breaks up complicated bills into little pieces ...
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is warning residents to be careful of fraud when donating money to charities tied to t...
A man from Buckner is in jail on charges of child pornography and violating the sex offender registry.54-year-old Richard Fal...
Medical Marijuana will move to the Illinois Senate after passing the House.State Rep. Lou Lang, the sponsor, touted his bill ...
The Carbondale Police Department is looking for a non-compliant sex offender.64 year-old Carlos Bernal is wanted for violatin...
Officials say the Illinois Department of Human Services staff is so lean that caseworkers can devote only 45 minutes a year t...
The suspect in three armed robberies in Marion is now in custody.18-year-old Davon McLorn was arrested around 7 a.m. Thursday...
A new report says the percentage of Illinoisans who get health insurance through work has declined.The report, released Thurs...
Attorney General Lisa Madigan is the latest high-profile public official from Illinois to call for comprehensive immigration ...
A House Republican leader has announced his support for legalizing gay marriage in Illinois.Rep. Ed Sullivan Jr. of Mundelein...
Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois says he supports same-sex marriage.Kirk said in a post on his blog Tuesday that sa...
Jackson County State’s Attorney Michael Carr has announced that a Carbondale man was sentenced on Thursday for Aggravat...
Gov. Pat Quinn is taking steps to ensure Illinois has the workforce it needs to fill thousands of new health care jobs.Quinn ...
The Illinois Senate has rejected a pension overhaul that delays cost-of-living increases, pushes back the retirement age for ...
The Illinois Senate has approved on a second vote Senate President JohnCullerton's proposal overhauling teacher pensions....
The Illinois Senate has rejected a pension overhaul that delays cost-of-living increases, pushes back the retirement age for ...
A Sangamon County judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a state law that eliminates free or reduced-cost health insurance...
Union County State’s Attorney Tyler Edmonds is urging the public to be on alert regarding tax refund fraud and identity...
Hands of Hope - Marsha Shotten and Ann Moore 03-18-2013 For An Evening of Hope and Laughter in April
Marsha Shotten and Ann Moore stop by to discuss An Evening of Hope and Laughter with comedian Tim Lovelace. Sat, April 13th a...
New U.S. Census estimates show that more than half of Illinois' 102 counties have more deaths than births. The census cal...
A House committee has approved a bi-partisan pension overhaul that requires more employee contributions and floats the issue ...
House Speaker Michael Madigan says passing a gay marriage bill out of the Illinois House will be "very difficult."M...
An Illinois Senate committee has advanced two somewhat similar proposals to address Illinois' worst-in-nation pension pro...
Illinois is settling a federal securities-fraud charge that it misled investors about the health of its pension system.Gov. P...
The Illinois Department of Public Health is urging women and girls to become educated about and get tested for HIV.In a press...
Police in Williamson County are investigating a fire that occurred in the Lake of Egypt area.Williamson County Sheriff Bennie...
Lawmakers have found at least one fix for the state's multibillion-dollar pension problem that could pass the Illinois Ho...
23 groups are upset with Attorney General Mike Carr’s decision to continue to prosecute a woman who is accused of makin...
David England and John Tillman joined us on the Morning Newswatch to discuss how money vanishes from the pension systems.John...
Gov. Pat Quinn says the state budget he'll present this week will be "hard and difficult" because of Illinois&#...
There was plenty for lawmakers not to like – in the proposals themselves, the tactics, or both – when they spent ...
An expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is one step closer in Illinois.The state Sen...
New legislation proposed by State Rep. Jay Hoffman would split up the SIU Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses.Hoffman propos...
The top Republican in the Illinois House and the Democrats' chief pension-reform negotiator are teaming up for another ru...
A House committee has endorsed allowing Illinois gay and lesbian couples to marry.The House Executive Committee voted 6-5 lat...
Police in Mt. Vernon are still looking for a suspect in a drug ring that was busted by police Monday.Mt. Vernon Police teamed...
A report from the Chicago-based Civic Federation predicts that Illinois' backlog of unpaid bills will reach nearly $2...
An Eldorado man could see anywhere from six to 81 years in prison after he was convicted on charges of sexual assault on a ch...
CHICAGO (AP) — More than 135,000 high-cost Illinois patients who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid will be as...
Illinois officials say savings from cuts to the state's Medicaid program have fallen short by $464 million, about 30 ...
Lawmakers have been kicking around ideas regarding pensions for the last few weeks. The latest proposal says the income tax h...
A top House Democrat wants to make a state income tax hike permanent and raise the retirement age to get Illinois out of its ...
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is giving himself a little breathing room on proposing a state budget.The Democrat signed legislation...
Harrisburg High School is in hot water after a graduate of the school claims the administration allowed racist behavior on ca...
David Yepsen from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute stops by to discuss recent polls on the 2014 Governor's race and...
Gov. Pat Quinn wants taxpayers to take advantage of a newly expanded tax credit.The Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit provide...
A new poll from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute says that support is increasing for gay marriage in the state.45.5 per...
The push to legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois will move to the House after passing through the Senate.In a 34-21 vote Th...
Illinois has received conditional federal approval for its plan to provide a health insurance marketplace where thousands of ...
Jefferson County’s push to keep federal inmates and return jobs to the area has hit a snag.A group called the Heartland...
Gov. Pat Quinn is telling lawmakers that they hold the solution to solving the state's fiscal crisis, particularly Illino...
An Illinois Senate committee has approved legalizing gay marriage for the second time in a month.The Executive Committee vote...
The Illinois House has approved a measure that transfers money saved from prison closures, including the closure of the Tamms...
Governor Pat Quinn faces big expectations over how he will address Illinois' disastrous finances when he delivers his Sta...
Legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois is expected to come up in a Senate committee meeting Tuesday.That's ...
Education officials say low-income Illinois students who want to participate in free food summer programs can apply soon.Prog...
More inmates and jobs could be returning to Jefferson County.Immigration and Customs Detainees were pulled out of the county ...
Illinois' public employee unions are asking for a meeting with Gov. Pat Quinn and legislative leaders to come up with an ...
A Jonesboro man who appealed a 22-year sentence in a sexual assault on a child has been ordered to spend more than twice that...
Legislation designed to promote the education of elementary school children about sexual assault and abuse will be signed by ...
The US House of Representatives voted to pass the No Budget, No Pay Act yesterday that set the issue of the debt ceiling asid...
The governor is not panicking over a $1 billion shortfall in funding for various state programs.The comptroller this week...
Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka says Illinois is running out of money for child welfare, workers' compensation and services...
The pension crisis has prompted a rising number of lawmakers to say they won't accept their legislative pension.At least ...
Illinois Democrats haven't given up on borrowing billions of dollars to reduce the state's staggering backlog of unpa...
Sen. Dick Durbin says the chances are good that the U.S. Senate will pass comprehensive immigration reform.Durbin says he is ...
A budget has not been decided on in either Washington or Springfield, and the uncertainty around the fiscal cliff, sequestrat...
Illinois' budget crisis is expected to worsen after lawmakers failed to enact pension reform last week, and residents wil...
A major credit-rating agency says it's relabelingIllinois' financial outlook to "negative" from "stabl...
House Speaker Michael Madigan was re-elected as the Speaker of the House yesterday, and he says Illinois' pension crisis ...
Despite failing to push through pension reform in the lame-duck session, Governor Pat Quinn is commending the Illinois Legisl...
A key lawmaker says legislation restricting assault weapons isn't likely to come up in the final days of the lame-duck se...
Lawmakers could finally move forward with a plan to address Illinois' worst-in-the-nation pension problem.A proposal that...
Three weeks ago today 26 people, 20 of them children were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. That event sp...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn remains optimistic that lawmakers will send him a solution to a monstrous pe...
While a same-sex marriage bill passed an Illinois Senate committee along party lines, even one of thenovoters says people had...
The chairman of theIllinoisRepublican Party says support for gay marriage is "the most conservative position" becau...
Chicago's Cardinal Francis George is urging parishioners to let state lawmakers know they oppose gay marriage.George'...
Governor Pat Quinn says there have been good discussions on pension reform in the days leading up to the lame duck session.&q...
CHICAGO (AP) — One of the sponsors of anewproposal to fix Illinois' pension crisis says the plan would save the sta...
A man trying to flee the police while already in custody will see more time behind bars.Mark Cole, 40, of Anna has been sente...
CHICAGO (AP) — Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley says he's seriously thinking about running for Illinois...
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn has proclaimed Friday as a "Day of Mourning" in Illinois for the victims of las...
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn has proclaimed Friday as a "Day of Mourning" in Illinois for the victims of las...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon says funding for the state's veterans homes is threatened by a growi...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Democrat hoping to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says her primary opponents sho...
Two men have been charged for their involvement in a drug overdose death in Massac County.Both Jerez Mayweather and Bradley D...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say meaningful action in the wake of last week's elementary school shooting must includ...
MIAMI (AP) — School administrators, teachers, and parents will put our children back in school this morning across the ...
The question of whether Illinoisans should be permitted to carry a concealed weapon has burst onto the scene because of a fed...
CHICAGO (AP) — Governor Pat Quinn has ordered flags across Illinois to be flown at half-staff in memory of the dozens k...
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — The aunt of the gunman suspected in the Connecticut school shooting says her nephew was raise...
Yesterday, in an announcement made by Union County State’s Attorney Tyler Edmonds, David Olshon of Anna has been indict...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Crime Commission says it's declaring "war" on drug dealers wh...
MATTOON, Ill. (AP) — More than 150 employees of a telecommunications company in eastern Illinois have gone on strike as...
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say a man already serving time for another crime has been charged with the 1989 murder of Chicago...
CHICAGO (AP) — State health officials say there's more flu activity this year than before and it's a good time ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn is counting down the days until his self-imposed Jan. 9 deadline to overhaul Illinois'...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois says several communities in the state will share more than $21 ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is concerned anewplan to fix the state's $95 ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Rank-and-file lawmakers frustrated by slow progress and finger-pointing are offering their own...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn says he supports a plan to allow illegal immigrants in Illinois to get driver&#...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Lawmakers will have anewproposal on the table on Wednesday as part of efforts to fix Illinois&...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Top Illinois Republicans plan to announce their support for providing driver's licenses to...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois medicine-monitoring program has joined a national data-sharing network to help pre...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers return to the Capitol Tuesday for the final three days of the Legislature&#...
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn says he doesn't expect a deal to expand gambling in Illinois before lawmakers address...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State health officials are urging Illinois residents to get flu shots.Doing so, they say, does...
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn says he doesn't expect a deal to expand gambling in Illinois before lawmakers address...
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale has received an award for diversity in higher education.The university was awarded...
Alderman Sandi Jackson no-show at Chicago councilCHICAGO (AP) - A day after U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. failed to show up to ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is defending attempts to fix the state's pension proble...
Apple and peach growers interested in buying a new insurance policy, or making changes to an existing policy, need to do so b...
A traveling program to ensure Illinois Veterans know what services are available to them as well as their families and potent...
This year’s regional event will be held at6:00 pm on Thursday, Nov. 29 starting at the SIUC Student Health Center on Gr...
