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Medical marijuana for epilepsy, smoke-free college campus measures advance

May 15, 2019 at 2:07 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — Children would be able to use medical marijuana to treat severe cases of epilepsy and public universities would ban smoking on campuses under measures lawmakers advanced Wednesday. The...

Medical marijuana for epilepsy, smoke-free college campus measures advance

May 23, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — Children would be able to use medical marijuana to treat severe cases of epilepsy and public universities would ban smoking on campuses under measures lawmakers advanced Wednesday. The...

Illinois looks at improving voting rights protections

May 23, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois would beef up protections of eligible voters to ensure they can register and cast a ballot without fear of voter suppression under a measure Democratic House Speaker...

Madigan’s millionaire tax proceeds

May 21, 2019 at 7:25 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD--Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan advanced his proposal to make people who make more than $1 million a year pay a higher income tax Thursday, but a separate measure calling...

Madigan’s millionaire tax proceeds

December 23, 2018 at 5:10 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD--Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan advanced his proposal to make people who make more than $1 million a year pay a higher income tax Thursday, but a separate measure calling...

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday received the endorsement of the Service Employment International Union. The union represents 150,000 workers in Illinois.

Quinn faces political peril in new budget plan, fate of tax hike

November 3, 2021 at 8:31 p.m.

Gov. Pat Quinn will deliver an election-year budget plan Wednesday that's fraught with politically perilous choices for ruling Democrats — primarily whether to extend the income tax increase set to...

Quinn faces political peril in new budget plan, fate of tax hike

December 23, 2018 at 5:05 p.m.

Gov. Pat Quinn will deliver an election-year budget plan Wednesday that's fraught with politically perilous choices for ruling Democrats — primarily whether to extend the income tax increase set to...

Search warrant for former Elgin lawmaker’s office sought child porn

May 10, 2019 at 2:19 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD—Federal agents sought evidence of child pornography last week when they seized computers from the Elgin district office of former state Rep. Keith Farnham, who resigned Wednesday, according to a...

Rep. Michael Madigan speaks minutes before the Illinois House cleared the way for the gay marriage bill in Springfield, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013.

Illinois Democrats go all-in on class warfare theme

May 15, 2019 at 2:06 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Democrats went all-in Thursday with their election-year class warfare theme as Speaker Michael Madigan pitched the idea of asking voters to raise taxes on millionaires, Senate President...

Illinois Democrats go all-in on class warfare theme

May 23, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Democrats went all-in Thursday with their election-year class warfare theme as Speaker Michael Madigan pitched the idea of asking voters to raise taxes on millionaires, Senate President...

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