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Lawmakers put down their partisan swords for a few hours Monday — but strong differences remained in the background.

Pritzker said the people of Cahokia Heights have lived too long with sewer system problems that have flooded neighborhoods during heavy rains.

The Third Judicial Circuit's associate bench is down two judges with the recent retirements of Phil Alfeld and Thomas Chapman.

The first-ever Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series Race this weekend in Madison is expected to generate more than $60 million and attract some 83,000 fans.

The 37th Annual John McCues Hobo Hootenanny took place Sunday at Leo and Leonas.

Leaders in the southwestern Illinois village wonder if it will be just as hard for other small towns to get fiber internet.

(The Center Square) – Illinois is the third most corrupt state on the University of Illinois at Chicago’s annual report for the third year in a row. House Republicans say the way Democrats craft budgets can feed into the problem. ...

SPRINGFIELD – Legislators who changed the state’s judicial map last year to preserve a Democratic majority on the Supreme Court passed a campaign finance law last week that could achieve the same purpose.

Illinois Democrats padded their election-year resumes Saturday by giving final approval to a state budget that includes more than $1.8 billion in tax relief and to a series of anti-crime steps designed to blunt Republican attacks for being soft on crime.

Illinois Democrats padded their election-year resumes Saturday by giving final approval to a state budget that includes more than $1.8 billion in tax relief and to a series of anti-crime steps designed to blunt Republican attacks for being soft on crime.