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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers have approved a $40 billion state budget and a plan to address tax rates for a casino expansion during a whirlwind special session held amid the coronavirus pandemic. The budget approved early Sunday largely maintains funding from the current budget,

CHICAGO (Chicago Tribune) — A federal judge won’t reconsider a decision to throw out a lawsuit alleging Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan conspired to put up sham candidates in a 2016 Democratic primary. The Chicago Tribune reports U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly denied a motion

OTTAWA – A multitude of warnings were issued across North Central Illinois Saturday for a series of storms that uprooted trees and possibly spawned a tornado near Joliet.    The National Weather Service received multiple reports for wind damage across the state, and locally trees and

SPRINGFIELD- The budget headed to the desk of Governor J.B. Pritzker is an over $40 billion dollar plan that relies on Federal spending to make ends meet, but Republican State Senator Sue Rezin was vocal about the Democrats plan pushed through on Saturday. “I could not support the budget that

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House passed a $40 billion state budget late Saturday that relies heavily on federal funding. The Chicago Tribune reported the spending plan for the budget year that begins July 1 now heads to the Senate. The budget passed on a largely party-line vote of

PERU – A laboratory technologist described as someone who “always puts the patient first” is the 2020 winner of the Buckman Family Employee of the Year Award at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru. Mindy McLane, a medical lab tech who is currently serving as one of the interim