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For decades, public health advocates have pushed for limits on smoking. They've included warning labels on products to limits on where someone can light…
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It was a good day to be a Democrat in Illinois as Governor J.B. Pritzker was sworn in on Monday along with a diverse group of statewide office holders. In…
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The foundation set up to support Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has been struggling with debt. Tuesday, officials from the…
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The legal age to buy tobacco in Illinois may soon go up from 18 to 21. The measure narrowly passed the Illinois House Wednesday night 61 to 49, after…
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Illinois lawmakers approved legisltation that would allow farmers to grow industrial hemp. Hemp is derived from the cannabis plant, but it has a non-drug…
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Illinois is promoting its ties to famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. State tourism officials on Tuesday unveiled a self-guided trail linking more than a…
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Illinois' constitution has been in place since 1970. But there's an effort to draft a new one. Republican representative Tim Butler of Springfield has…
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The Springfield Republican sat down with us to talk about several key issues involving state government. Butler said he was taken aback by the Illinois…
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A Springfield State Representative says he's not overly optimistic a full budget deal can be agreed to before the scheduled end of the legislature's…
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On a freezing February day in 2007, President Barack Obama announced his bid for the nation's highest office in front of the Old State Capitol in downtown…