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US Senator Dick Durbin wants to see the United States eventually implement a “Medicare for all” type health care program. The Illinois Democrat acknowledges that isn't likely with Republicans in control of both houses of Congress and the White House, but says a "public option" on current health insurance exchanges could be an interim step.
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Brian O'Keefe spoke with Illinois political historian Kent Redfield about what led to the recent budget agreement, and the potential political fallout from it.
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More than a dozen school leaders from across Illinois gathered at the state capitol Wednesday to thank lawmakers who went out on a limb to raise taxes and send more money to schools.
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Brendt Christensen, the man charged in the kidnapping of Yingying Zhang, was ordered held without bond Wednesday until his trial.
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Sometime later this summer the first part of the Kickapoo Rail Trail is expected to open. The bike and running path along an old rail bed east of Urbana has been years in the making.
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The Illinois Senate took action Tuesday meant to end a two-year budget stalemate. They voted to approve a budget plan and tax increase, then overrode Governor Bruce Rauner's veto later in the day.
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It cost Western Illinois University $7.3 million to build Higgins Hall, a residence hall that opened in the fall of 1967. The university said it would cost around $48 million today to renovate it into a "like-new" facility, so instead the building was imploded Saturday morning during an event that drew hundreds of people to the Macomb campus.
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The Illinois Senate is expected to vote on a full budget Tuesday. That’s after the House passed a spending plan and a tax increase over the weekend to try and end the two-year long impasse.
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Two bond rating agencies say Illinois is on the right path with the budget plan passed Sunday in the state House of Representatives.
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Republican State Representative Chad Hays of Catlin says he will not seek reelection for a fifth term in the Illinois House.
