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In the decade since mass protests over the punishment of six black students in Decatur, the state's racial gap in discipline has split wide open.

While many Illinois politicians are rushing to reassure voters of their integrity, some candidates for governor have decided not to release their tax returns to the public.

Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.

" Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Gary Hannig announced today it is giving motorists a break by suspending lane closures where possible over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.

PAT QUINN HAS APPROVED 133 CLEMENCY PETITIONS, PART OF WHAT HE CALLS A ``MASSIVE BACKLOG'' OF NEARLY 2,500 CASES BUILT UP UNDER FORMER GOV.

Cash-strapped Illinois has found some money to help pay Medicaid providers in the state.

It didn't take long for proposals to house Guantanamo Bay detainees at a nearly empty Illinois prison to spark tough talk by Republicans - across the Mississippi River in Iowa.

A plane crashed into a corn field in northwestern Illinois, killing one person and leaving two others injured.

Two owners of a Chicago nightclub where 21 people were crushed to death in a 2003 stampede down a stairwell were sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for disobeying court orders to close the building's second floor.

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CHICAGO - Amtrak says 1.8 million passengers rode its state-supported trains in Illinois in fiscal year 2009, a slight increase from 2008.

Senate Democrats cleared a major hurdle this weekend by voting to move ahead with debate on health care reform, but it was hardly a unified party standing behind the bill.

With Christmas just 30 days away, Illinois' state climatologist is offering predictions on where it will be white.

I am pleased to see that Debra Saunders has this new commentary in the San Francisco Chronicle lamenting the fact that the first use of the pardon power by President Obama will be for a turkey: On Wednesday, President Obama will issue the White House's standard hokey pardon of a Thanksgiving turkey.

Did the Senate Ethics Committee issue two reports about U.S. Sen. Roland Burris on Friday? In the report we saw, Burris was publicly admonished for giving “inconsistent, misleading or incomplete information” about his maneuverings last year to win the Senate appointment from then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich – the same Blagojevich who ...

The jobless rate rose in most Illinois metropolitan areas in October. Figures released Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security show unemployment was highest in the Rockford area at 15.7 percent.

St. Charles - St. Charles officials say they've received an increase in reports of coyote sightings, and so are issuing safety suggestions for residents of western suburb.

Illinois governor candidate Dan Hynes wants public colleges to make it easier for military veterans to get into school.

The Illinois Senate will try to find the cause of a gaping racial disparity in how schoolchildren are disciplined.

Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have announced that Toyota will recall approximately 110,000 Tundra pickup trucks from the 2000 to 2003 model years in 20 cold-weather states and the District of Columbia to fix a frame rust and corrosion problem that could cause the spare tire to fall away from the truck.