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Following a legal dispute over the right to turn away same-sex couples in civil unions, the State of Illinois has decided not to renew adoption and foster care contracts with Catholic Charities.
President Barack Obama and congressional leaders will sit down again this afternoon to try to reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling. U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is not letting their apparent impasse discourage him.
Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday shrugged off charges from U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) that Illinois is stalling on a third airport in Peotone.
An investigation that uncovered credit card abuses, which led to the ouster of the heads of the Chicago Housing Authority and Chicago Park District, has prompted Mayor Rahm Emanuel to cancel most city credit cards and all petty cash.
Illinois' electoral votes haven't gone to a Republican presidential candidate since 1988, but state Treasurer Dan Rutherford thinks 2012 could turn Illinois red once again.
The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld legislation that created a $31 billion statewide infrastructure construction plan.
Gov. Pat Quinn has overhauled the board that oversees the state's prepaid college tuition program.
The UIC forum was packed with more than 1,000 activists and union members Thursday night for the first ever "People's City Council Meeting."
Gov. Pat Quinn is answering criticism from U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., and said Thursday that he will have plenty more to say soon about what he's doing for the south suburbs.
A major labor union has asked an independent arbitrator to intervene in their dispute with Gov. Pat Quinn over his decision to cancel pay raises for some 30,000 state employees.
Community activists, advocacy groups and union representatives will join 20 of Chicago's 50 aldermen Thursday night for the first ever People's City Council Meeting.
Gov. Pat Quinn plans Thursday to meet with Illinois Gaming Board Chairman Aaron Jaffe, as the governor weighs whether to sign the bill that would dramatically expand gambling in Illinois.
The threat to block an increase of the federal debt ceiling is probably no more than that, according to an economics professor at the University of Illinois.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is turning up the heat on organized labor by disclosing some of the work-rule changes he is asking union leaders to accept in order to save the jobs of 625 city employees.
Mayor Emanuel says he'll deal with Ald. Edward Burke's police detail--when it's time.
