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Illinois Sen. Dan Kotowski, D-Park Ridge, speaks to lawmakers during a committee hearing March 21 at the state Capitol in Springfield Ill.

In this Oct. 16, 2013 file photo, marijuana clone plants that are used to grow medical marijuana are displayed under a light at a medical marijuana cooperative in Seattle.

A full-size replica of a steam locomotive that pulled Abraham Lincoln's funeral car won't stop at the Ohio Statehouse as scheduled next week.

In this March 27, 2014, file photo, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, speaks during a committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill.

The State Journal-Register reports there has been 52 cases of the viral infection reported in Morgan and Sangamon counties.

Chicago, the suburbs and downstate fight fiercely over school funding every year in the State Capitol.

Learn about professional responsibility from the law practice of one of Illinois' greatest lawyers, Abraham Lincoln.

Senator Dick Durbin's latest campaign report says he's got more than $6 million in the bank for his re-election bid this year, including about $771,000 he's raised since January.

Mark your calendar, the Springfield Old State Capitol Art Fair is coming to town! Held May 17th and 18th, 2014, this year is the 53rd annual show that is held on the lawn of Springfield's Old State Capitol Plaza.

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced applications for special event license plates honoring the 50th anniversary of one of America's iconic automobiles, the Ford Mustang, are now being accepted by his office.

The board was short two members with the resignation of Terry Carlton in December and the recent passing of Bill Martin.

People mailing their tax returns Tuesday at several post offices in Illinois were greeted by supporters of moving the state to a progressive income tax.

The Illinois Association of SkillsUSA held its 50th annual Leadership and Skills Conference in Springfield, Illinois on April 3- 5. The conference leadership and skill events were held at the Prairie Capital Convention Center, the Capital Area Career Center, the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel, Robert Morris College and Springfield Hilton Hotel.

The Illinois State Rifle Association is urging its members to pack a suburban Democrat's town hall meeting Thursday even though the gathering isn't intended to have anything to do with guns.

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Bloomington, IL- Mikaela Wieland of Princeville, Ill., has been named the Illinois state winner of the 2014 GROWMARK essay contest for FFA members.

Amazing is one word I'd use to describe it. Inspiring would be another. That's just two of the reactions I had when looking over the nominations we received this year for E&P's 10 Newspapers That Do It Right.

A former associate professor of business administration claims in a federal lawsuit that the University of Illinois Springfield banned him from campus and denied him emeritus status because of his race and Iranian origin.

Increasing fuel taxes to pay for Illinois road construction will hurt businesses -- and hit consumers at the pump, gas station owners said Monday.

A proposed bill in Illinois banning the sale and distribution of natural or "raw" milk, is not going anywhere this session after legislators heard from "thousands" of natural milk proponents.