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Murphysboro Man Arrested

March 9, 2015 @ 12:47 pm

A Murphysboro man was arrested Saturday night. 32-year old Deangelo Thorner was stopped by Murphysboro Police, and was later found to have a suspended...

Illinois Joins High Court Case Favoring Same-Sex Marriage

March 9, 2015 @ 12:45 pm

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has joined a group of states filing arguments with the U.S. Supreme Court that the Constitution requires approval of same-sex marriage nationwide....

Illinois National Guard Names 1st Female Brigadier General

March 9, 2015 @ 12:42 pm

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois National Guard has its first female brigadier general. Col. Alicia Tate-Nadeau was promoted Saturday at Camp Lincoln’s Illinois Military Academy in Springfield....

Report: 1 in 10 State Employees Tops $100K Pay

March 9, 2015 @ 11:28 am

CHICAGO (AP) — A published report says one of every 10 state employees earned more than $100,000 in 2014. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that...

IL Lawmaker Working to Bring Back Death Penalty

March 6, 2015 @ 11:34 am

Just four years after capital punishment was taken off the books in Illinois, a state lawmaker says it’s time to bring it back. “If...

Madigan Creates Task Force to Examine School Funding

March 6, 2015 @ 10:31 am

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — House Speaker Michael Madigan is forming a bipartisan task force to examine a way to fix the state’s outdated school funding...

Unions Sue to Block Gov. Rauner's Order on Dues Collection

March 6, 2015 @ 10:18 am

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois labor unions are asking a judge to invalidate Gov. Bruce Rauner’s executive order ending a requirement that state workers pay union dues...

IL Lawmaker Wants to Phase Out Tuition Waiver for Employees' Children

March 6, 2015 @ 10:03 am

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois lawmaker wants to phase out a 50 percent tuition waiver for the children of state university employees. Democrat Jack Franks of Woodstock says...