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Illinois lawmakers met briefly on the first day of their special session to work on a state budget, quickly adjourning so that Democrats and Republicans could meet behind closed doors to strategize.
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Authorities now say that a 15-year-old Champaign boy who died after what was first reported as potential bullying actually died of a previously undiagnosed medical condition.
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If two nearly simultaneous hearings Wednesday by the House and Senate Intelligence Committees into Russia's meddling in last year's presidential election revealed anything, it's that U.S. officials saw what was going on but were all but powerless to stop it.
In his prepared remarks, former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the Russian government, "at the direction of Vladimir Putin himself, orchestrated cyberattacks on our Nation for the purpose of influencing our election — plain and simple."
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Since being named University of Illinois Athletic Director on the Urbana campus in February 2016, Josh Whitman has been busy. Very busy. Whitman discussed his "whirlwind" first year on the job with Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline.
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A new study finds minimum wage fails to pay the rent in Illinois. Rental housing costs vary across the state, but there is no place where it's affordable to someone earning minimum wage.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner is attempting to frame the debate heading into Wednesday's special session of the Illinois General Assembly. Rauner delivered a video message last night from the Old State Capitol Historic Site.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner is urging lawmakers to end the "unnecessary" budget crisis that's gripped Illinois for two years.
The first-term Republican delivered brief comments from the Old State Capitol Tuesday, the evening before legislators were set to begin a special session on the budget.
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At least some of the lawmakers headed back to Springfield Wednesday are optimistic progress could be made towards a state budget after almost two years without a spending plan.
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Commentary: Could a reborn Mushroom Caucus be the key to breaking the political impasse that has Illinois’ financial health at death’s doorstep? The self-deprecatory moniker was coined a generation ago by a group of legislative backbenchers who complained they were kept in the dark by their leaders and fed horse (manure).
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Gov. Bruce Rauner has called state legislators back to Springfield this week. He says he wants a budget deal. But Rauner is also spending money attacking Democrats.
