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Animal rights groups, for example, have announced plans to use drones to monitor farms for cruelty to animals.

Chicago aldermen on Tuesday listened to environmentalists and a teenage girl make the case for banning plastic bags in city stores, but were not expected to vote on the long-discussed move that retailers argue would hurt business.

Unable to round up enough Senate votes for a sweeping measure to overhaul the state's public employee pension system, Gov. Pat Quinn has backed off in favor of a plan to a form a committee designed to forge a compromise on the hot-button issue.

The U.S. Supreme Court is granting the Illinois attorney general more time to decide on an appeal over the carrying of concealed weapons.

Those are the expenses legislators will receive when they return to Springfield Wednesday for a special session called by Gov. Pat Quinn after the House and Senate could not agree on a bill to reform the state's underfunded retirement system.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn just signed the most restrictive legislation on fracking in the country into law.

MEET THE PRESS Gubernatorial candidate Bill Daley ripped his two probable competitors Monday for their failures in the state's crippling pension crisis.

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Two colleges in southern Illinois have announced a cooperative agreement to provide training in the emerging field of high-volume oil and gas drilling.

Illinois residents affected by the floods can now get help buying food. Governor Pat Quinn announced Monday the Illinois Department of Human Services will offer immediate assistance to 33 counties, including here in the Quad Cities.

Gov. Pat Quinn wants to keep the fire burning by establishing a so-called conference committee, with members from both the House and Senate, to reconcile the differences between the competing proposals that they have passed.

The Buffalo Grove Village Board will consider a ban on assault weapons at its meeting tonight, which is likely to spark a lively debate.

Gov. Pat Quinn today signed sweeping legislation to regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing, better known as "fracking."

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation giving the state the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked the United States Supreme Court for another extension, calling this one a "second and final thirty-day extension" on the conceal and carry issue.

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I heard Illinois passed a new law allowing gun owners like me to carry in public.

STERLING – Five local food outlets are participating in Gov. Pat Quinn's new program aimed at getting residents to eat more produce grown in the state.

The list of major roadways under construction project slated this summer in the metro-east is a little larger than last year.

As lawmakers strain again this week to find a fix for the state's $97 billion pension crisis, the stalemate between House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton highlights the evolving relationship between two powerful Democratic friends who've seldom had such a prolonged disagreement on such an urgent issue.