Polls Open For Illinois Primary Election
Polls have opened in Illinois as voters prepare to cast ballots in the primary election for governor, U.S. Senator, and many other races.
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Polls have opened in Illinois as voters prepare to cast ballots in the primary election for governor, U.S. Senator, and many other races.
The Illiana Corridor would stretch from Interstate 55 to Indiana's Interstate 65, linking Will County and Indiana's Lake County.
CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine spent time with three of the four GOP hopefuls.
Tomorrow is election day, and for some candidates weather has played a role in how they could go about getting their messages out, reports WBBM's Bernie Tafoya.
The Illinois Primary is Tuesday, March 18. Here are some of the key races to watch.
State Senator Kirk Dillard was chief of staff for Jim Edgar when Edgar was governor of Illinois in the '90s.
His GOP opponent wants to know why Jim Oberweis went AWOL just days before the primary. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
Search warrants were executed Thursday at the home and office of state Rep. Keith Farnham, by agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations as part of an "ongoing investigation."
Friday and Saturday are the last days for early voting in Illinois, ahead of the primary election on Tuesday.
About $10 million will be used to renovate the maximum-security penitentiary that was a state prison that never fully opened because of budget constraints. The additional $43.7 million will be used for staffing and equipment.
A local anti-tax group wants to defeat a referendum next week which would raise Kane County property taxes to help developmentally disabled adults.
The four Republican candidates for Illinois governor made their cases for becoming the party's nominee Thursday in their final televised primary debate -- an evening that lacked the fiery exchanges of their previous meetings but was packed with more personal moments.
Gov. Pat Quinn continues to be dogged by questions about his $55 million anti-violence program and questions about where and how the money was used. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Shaw, 77, becomes the first person to announce a bid to unseat Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2015.
Actor Martin Sheen, Gov. Pat Quinn, and community activists gathered in the basement of St. Pius V Church at 1919 S. Ashland Av., where they urged the Illinois General Assembly to increase the state's minimum wage from $8.25 to at least $10 an hour.
