State Lawmaker Wants Illinois Schools To Teach Cursive Writing
A lawmaker has suggested putting cursive back in the curriculum at Illinois schools, but not enough lawmakers would sign off on his idea.
Watch CBS News
A lawmaker has suggested putting cursive back in the curriculum at Illinois schools, but not enough lawmakers would sign off on his idea.
State Representative Dave Severin really wants to promote riding bikes.
A state employee told an Illinois House panel that her baby's oxygen tank was almost repossessed because Illinois government had not paid the bill. WBBM's Dave Dahl reports.
After nearly a century in central Illinois, Caterpillar Inc. has abandoned plans to build a new headquarters complex in Peoria, and has announced it is moving its corporate offices to Chicago.
We're going to be paying more taxes on it; might as well know what it's called. WBBM's Dave Dahl reports.
The state's income tax went from three percent to five, partly with the help of lame ducks who waddled into the Quinn administration.
The replica of the presidential private train car that conveyed the body of President Abraham Lincoln to its final resting place is for sale.
Dan Rutherford, a Pontiac Republican who served one term as state treasurer, is helping introduce others to the island nation now that relations are normalizing.
The governor brought the Statehouse press corps to a crowded basement file room in the Springfield headquarters of the Illinois Department of Corrections to illustrate the inefficiency of the state's current IT systems structure.
Former U.S. Rep. Lane Evans of Illinois, a former Marine who fought for veterans' rights during his 24 years in office, has died after a long fight with Parkinson's disease.
With a 2011 state income tax increase set to expire at the end of the calendar year, the governor and Illinois lawmakers are facing a huge drop in state revenue, which would affect many social service groups that rely on the state for funding.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push to stiffen penalties for illegal guns hit an unexpected roadblock in the Illinois House on Thursday, as black lawmakers managed to halt the proposal for now.
Critics said the elegant but expensive copper doors are extravagant at a time when the state is broke and regular Illinoisans are struggling.
Illinois State Police Director Hiram Grau said his agency began preparing to oversee the concealed carry permit process when it became clear Illinois would have to allow people to carry firearms in public.
Higher education is not cheap, and a state program that provides financial aid is now diverting people to a federal program.
The House sponsor of legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois said the measure could get a vote "very soon," after the new General Assembly was sworn in this week.
The latest news on Illinois' unemployment rate is neither really bad nor really good.
If you don't know the names of the three branches of government, but you do know the names all the judges on "American Idol," you might not have had enough civics in high school.
The Emancipation Proclamation and two other items related to the end of slavery are on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.
Illinois has evolved into a "blue state," but there are still plenty of Republicans – and plenty of opinions on how to rebuild the party.
The 2012 general election is coming up in barely two months, and between now and then, you can expect to see and hear negative advertising featuring someone who's in office for at least two more years.
The story of the returning veteran never ends. A researcher in Peoria is investigating Gulf War Syndrome, more than twenty years after the end of Operation Desert Storm.
Gov. Pat Quinn received anything but a warm welcome at the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, when a huge crowd of union protesters booed the governor as he took the stage.
Want to know if high-speed rail plays in Peoria? It depends on which Peorian you ask.
