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Illinois' Attorney General is moving to stop paychecks for thousands of state employees. Lisa Madiagn last night filed a motion to stop paychecks at the end of February. Unless there's a state budget....

The mass layoffs at Cat look to be a thing of the past. Caterpillar's Amy Campbell yesterday said the company isn't "planning for any more broad-based headcount reductions." Cat cut about 16-thousand ...

Leaders in the Illinois Senate want to start voting on their budget compromise the week after next. Senators are due back at the Capitol February 7th, and that's when Senate President John Cullerton s...

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is focusing on the positives. However few there are. The governor yesterday implored lawmakers during his State of the State speech to work together on a balanced budget...

What Illinois lawmakers think of Governor Rauner's State of the State speech depends on who you ask. And what party they're from. Republicans at the statehouse say the tone of yesterday's speech is a ...

A McLean County man could be headed to a state hospital for murdering his parents last summer. Prosecutors yesterday asked a judge to set a hearing next month where they and Brian Petersen's lawyers w...

80-year-old Wayne L. Miller of El Paso man was killed Tuesday morning in a crash involving a pickup truck, a minivan and a semitrailer truck at the intersection of Veterans Parkway and Fort Jesse Road...

The McLean County Museum of History gets a boost. The Mitsubishi Motors Foundation presented a 50-thousand dollar check to the non-profit. The money will help fund a new exhibit about the diverse work...

There are too many taxes and not enough reforms. That's the line from lawmakers and business groups who are fighting the 'grand bargain' aimed at getting Illinois a budget. Momentum for the package sl...

Bloomington Police are getting a new spot on the west side to take breaks and interact with neighbors. But the city isn't calling it a police substation. Bloomington's city council unanimously approve...