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Retired state workers across Illinois will get their checks on time, but the state's comptroller says Illinois may be late in making its payment on their pensions.  Comptroller Leslie Munger yest...

David Gill is no longer running for the U.S. House.  The Bloomington native announced yesterday that a second U.S. Supreme Court justice has denied his application to overturn an appeals court de...

Some patients at the OSF St. Joseph Medical Center's Eastland Medical Plaza II were evacuated for more about an hour and fifteen minutes Thursday while police searched the building following a bomb th...

An overwhelming majority of Illinois voters want terms limits for politicians and a new way to draw the state's political map.  The latest poll from Southern Illinois University's Paul Simon Publ...

A group of people at Illinois Wesleyan University is expressing its displeasure with Donald Trump.  Dozens gathered yesterday on campus for an anti-Trump rally.  Those in attendance accused ...

The University of Illinois is making cuts in the aftermath of the state budget crisis.  U of I President Tim Killeen says nearly 500 staff members have been laid off.  The move is expected t...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says a western Illinois federal prison will be fully operational starting late next year.Durbin visited Thompson Administrative U.S. Penitentiary on Tuesday, saying the schedule ...

Illinois' largest counties can once again register voters at the polls on election day. For now. A federal appellate court yesterday overruled a lower court judge. Republicans sued, saying Illinois' 2...

The scary clown phenomenon is now affecting central Illinois. The "Bloomington Pantagraph" reports extra patrols were sent to Bloomington Junior High School yesterday morning after a social media repo...

Illinois could become the next state to end the statute of limitation on some sex crimes. Lawmakers heard an emotional appeal from a man who says former House Speaker Denny Hastert sexually abused him...