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Attorney General Lisa Madigan is taking her case over state employee pay to the Illinois Supreme Court.On Wednesday she asked the justices to review a…
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With Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democratic legislative leaders unable to agree on a spending plan for Illinois, the odds of a government…
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Illinois is continuing to deal with the effects of the federal government shutdown. The state agency that handles unemployment says hundreds of laid-off…
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On this edition of State Week in Review, our panel previews the upcoming fall session of the Illinois General Assembly. From pensions to same sex marriage…
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With the federal shutdown over and a government default averted, investors are breathing a sigh of relief Thursday. That includes the people responsible…
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13th District Congressman Rodney Davis doesn’t believe he abandoned his principles by voting to reopen the government.The Taylorville Republican says he…
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Gov. Pat Quinn's budget office says most state workers whose salaries are paid by federal money are back on the job, but more layoffs could come if the…
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Denny Hastert wasn't the Speaker of the U.S. House during the last government shutdown, but he was an Illinois Congressman in 1995 and '96. He told Amanda…
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Gov. Pat Quinn says if the federal government shutdown continues the state will have to lay off more workers whose paychecks come from federal funding.…
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Hunters in southern Illinois are officially shut out of tens of thousands of acres of federal lands thanks to a partial shutdown of the federal…