‘X Caucus’ puts weight behind Harmon’s successful presidential bid
SPRINGFIELD – Sen. Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, is the new Senate president, thanks, in large part, to a group of moderate suburban and downstate…
Don Harmon, Oak Park Democrat, named Illinois Senate president
SPRINGFIELD – Senator Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, was elected as the 39th president of the Illinois Senate on Sunday after hours of behind-the-s…
State senators to choose new president Sunday
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate will hold a special meeting Sunday to elect a new chamber president.
Illinois updating birth certificates for trans dads
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CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois is updati…
Body of Illinois soldier killed in Kenya attack brought home
HAZEL CREST (AP) – The remains of a suburban Chicago soldier killed in an attack on a military base …
Illinois tells shops: Stop stockpiling weed
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois regulators say they are investigating apparent violations of a rule intended…
Illinois ag director resigns
SPRINGFIELD – The state’s agriculture director resigned last weekend at the request of Gov. J.B. Pritzker for failing to disclose contents o…
New gun dealer regulations take effect Friday
SPRINGFIELD – New rules governing how retail gun dealers do business go into effect Friday and include the types of records they must keep, …
Illinois corn, soybean production down by nearly 20 percent
SPRINGFIELD — Production of Illinois’ two most valuable crops fell by roughly one-fifth last year, according to final crop yield numbers rel…
Criminal justice reforms top Pritzker's 2020 agenda
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said that in his second year in officer, he’ll focus on ending cash bail, reforming low-level drug crime s…
Illinois bill would add risks of sexting to sex ed curriculum
SPRINGFIELD – Sex education in Illinois middle and high schools would be required to include a discussion on sexting if a bill introduced in…
