By Scott Neuman
State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell raised concerns about the lack of transparency in Kenneth Bae's trial and urged North Korea to him "amnesty and immediate release."
By The Associated Press
Federal prosecutors in Chicago say they'll appeal a judge's decision to release an Illinois teenager accused of wanting to join terrorists in Syria.
By Sean Powers
A program awarding scholarships to immigrant students in Illinois has pushed back the date it planned to give out the money. Scholarships were supposed to go out in April, but that was timeframe was moved to June 7 because of the large number of people who applied.
By The Associated Press, with addtional reporting from Illinois Public Media
President Barack Obama is nominating longtime fundraiser and Chicago philanthropist Penny Pritzker to run the Commerce Department.
By Sean Powers
The Illinois Senate approved a plan on Wednesday to ban smoking on all state university and community college campuses.
By Jeremy Hobson/Marketplace Morning Report
University of Illinois Entomologist May Berenbaum talks about a study out of Switzerland that finds similarities in the corporate structures of ants and humans.
By Jeff Bossert
A monthly indicator of Illinois’ economic progress has shown its highest reading since August 2007.
By The Associated Press
Champaign County State's Attorney Julia Rietz says she won't oppose a 51-year-old Chicago man's petition asking a court to declare him innocent in a 1980 murder for which he spent more than 30 years in prison.
By Don Gonyea
The U.S. role in the civil war in Syria has been limited to humanitarian aid and nonlethal equipment for the rebels. But that may change with recent revelations about the use of chemical weapons.
By The Associated Press
Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider is against raising the speed limit to 70 mph on the state's interstates and tollways.
