Senate passes measure to keep state poison center running
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate passed a measure Thursday aimed at avoiding the need to shut down the Illinois Poison Center, the first of its kind in the nation. The...
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Ex-Country Club Hills police chief gets 5 years in grant scam
SPRINGFIELD — The former police chief of County Club Hills was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for diverting $917,000 from a state job-training grant to help remodel her...
Ex-Country Club Hills police chief gets 5 years in grant scam
SPRINGFIELD — The former police chief of County Club Hills was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for diverting $917,000 from a state job-training grant to help remodel her...
$100 million for Obama library advances after ‘do-over’ in Springfield
This time there was no doubt that Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan officially won approval on a vote Wednesday for his legislation to put $100 million toward a Barack Obama...
Rauner says probe shows Quinn part of ‘broken culture’ in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn today defended his $55 million anti-violence program now under scrutiny by a Cook County grand jury, saying he is not going to turn his back...
$100 million for Obama library advances after ‘do-over’ in Springfield
This time there was no doubt that Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan officially won approval on a vote Wednesday for his legislation to put $100 million toward a Barack Obama...
Rauner says probe shows Quinn part of ‘broken culture’ in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn today defended his $55 million anti-violence program now under scrutiny by a Cook County grand jury, saying he is not going to turn his back...
$100 million for Obama library advances after ‘do-over’ in Springfield
This time there was no doubt that Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan officially won approval on a vote Wednesday for his legislation to put $100 million toward a Barack Obama...
Illinois graduated income tax push stalls out
SPRINGFIELD — The Democratic push to impose a graduated income tax rate in Illinois fizzled on Tuesday, refocusing the debate on whether the state's temporary income tax hike should be...
State agency ex-director to pay $100,000 in revolving-door case
SPRINGFIELD — The former head of an Illinois government agency has agreed to pay the state $100,000 in a settlement after being accused of violating a so-called revolving-door clause regulating...