State News

  • Data show charters expel students at high rate

    CHICAGO – Newly released Chicago Public Schools data indicate charter school students are more likely to be expelled than students in traditional scho ...
    Feb. 27, 2014 - 8:41 am

  • Lawmaker: Lower penalty for small drug crimes

    SPRINGFIELD — A lawmaker wants to reduce the penalty for possession of low levels of marijuana or harder drugs as part of a criminal justice "realignm ...
    Feb. 26, 2014 - 1:55 pm

  • Brady, Dillard still confident in GOP gov bids

    CHICAGO — Republican candidates Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard acknowledge they've been seriously outspent and are trailing in some polls in the Illinois ...
    Feb. 26, 2014 - 1:04 pm

  • 3 found dead after Oak Lawn house fire

    OAK LAWN — Authorities are investigating three deaths following a house fire in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn.
    Feb. 26, 2014 - 11:42 am

  • Retired Teachers Association endorses Dillard

    SPRINGFIELD — Another influential teachers' organization is endorsing state Sen. Kirk Dillard in the GOP primary for Illinois governor.
    Feb. 26, 2014 - 11:36 am

  • ISP prepares to issue concealed carry permits

    SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Police say they're getting ready to issue the state's first concealed carry permits in the coming days.
    Feb. 26, 2014 - 11:34 am

  • Measure would temporarily cut Illinois propane tax

    SPRINGFIELD — A southern Illinois lawmaker wants to temporarily cut the tax on propane.The Bellevill ...
    Feb. 26, 2014 - 11:32 am

  • 2nd Illinois county issues same-sex marriage licenses

    CHICAGO — Champaign County began issuing same-sex marriage licenses Wednesday, making it the second county to do so after a federal judge ruled Cook C ...
    Feb. 27, 2014 - 1:52 pm

  • Northwestern gets grant to study sinus infection

    CHICAGO – Research on a type of long-lasting sinus infection is getting a boost at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.
    Feb. 26, 2014 - 8:45 am

  • Ex-Ill. judge to be sentenced in heroin, gun case

    EAST ST. LOUIS – A disgraced southwestern Illinois judge at the center of a courthouse drug scandal involving the cocaine death of a prosecutor-turned ...
    Feb. 26, 2014 - 8:44 am

  • Florida Georgia Line to perform at Ill. State Fair

    SPRINGFIELD – One of country music's top vocal duos is coming to the Illinois State Fair this summer.
    Feb. 26, 2014 - 8:42 am

  • Retiree groups want pension suits consolidated

    SPRINGFIELD – Efforts are underway to consolidate four lawsuits challenging Illinois’ new pension reform law, a move that could ultimately impact how ...
    Feb. 25, 2014 - 8:57 pm

  • GOP: Look at Quinn’s anti-violence program

    SPRINGFIELD – A Chicago violence prevention program ordered by Gov. Pat Quinn was so hastily organized and sloppily executed that state auditors quest ...
    Feb. 25, 2014 - 8:57 pm

  • Rockford airport, local college partner on program

    ROCKFORD – Rockford airport officials and a local community college are hoping to expand an aviation maintenance program.
    Feb. 25, 2014 - 8:57 pm

  • New Illinois lab to link companies with research

    CHAMPAIGN – The new public-private digital manufacturing lab planned for Chicago will mean 50 to 70 jobs for the city, a professor involved in the pro ...
    Feb. 25, 2014 - 8:56 pm

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