Madigan: Still ‘significantly’ short on income tax vote
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn spent more than two hours Monday trying to convince House Democrats to vote to make permanent what was billed as a temporary income tax increase,...
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State Senate OKs bill to bar U. of I. lecturer
SPRINGFIELD --- Less than a week after a University of Illinois lecturer with ties to a 1970s radical group pleaded his case to keep teaching, the Illinois Senate passed a...
Illinois high school students will have to learn how to use defibrillators
SPRINGFIELD — High school students would be required to learn how to operate mobile defibrillators and learn cardio pulmonary resuscitation under legislation the Senate passed today and Gov. Pat Quinn...
Measure to protect pregnant women on the job advances
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois employers could not fire, segregate against, or refuse to hire women for being pregnant under legislation the Senate approved today. Sponsoring Sen. Toi Hutchinson, D-Olympia Fields, said...
Madigan: Still ‘significantly’ short on income tax vote
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn spent more than two hours Monday trying to convince House Democrats to vote to make permanent what was billed as a temporary income tax increase,...
U. of I. lecturer denounced as ‘domestic terrorist’ pleads case to stay at school
A University of Illinois adjunct lecturer with ties to a 1970s revolutionary group asked the school's board this morning to consider the unique perspective he can bring to the classroom...
Stretch of Cicero Avenue could be renamed for Nelson Mandela
SPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois House today approved a measure to name a section of Cicero Avenue for the late Nelson Mandela.Mandela Road would start at Roosevelt Road on the south...
Illinois lawmakers move to regulate drone surveillance
SPRINGFIELD --- Illinoisans would have fewer worries about private drones randomly shooting pictures and turning over their surveillance to police for prosecution purposes under legislation sent to the governor today.House...
Illinois lawmakers move to regulate drone surveillance
SPRINGFIELD --- Illinoisans would have fewer worries about private drones randomly shooting pictures and turning over their surveillance to police for prosecution purposes under legislation sent to the governor today.House...
Stretch of Cicero Avenue could be renamed for Nelson Mandela
SPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois House today approved a measure to name a section of Cicero Avenue for the late Nelson Mandela.Mandela Road would start at Roosevelt Road on the south...