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Flanked by inmates at the all-female Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation to create a women-specific division within the Department of Corrections. 

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Drivers in Illinois might soon have their auto insurance electronically verified in an effort to make sure every vehicle on the road is covered. But that requires a database the state doesn’t have yet.

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Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin is launching a process for the re-imagining of Lincoln Square, with a public input period planned for this spring.

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If you see something suspicious, call the police, even if you think it might turn out to be nothing. 

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This year’s campaign pits a multimillionaire incumbent against a field that includes a multibillionaire in what could be the costliest governor's race in U.S. history.

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The Knox College Democrats student group is encouraging residents of western Illinois to use an online portal to submit questions which will be considered for a gubernatorial candidates’ forum on Tuesday night at Knox College in Galesburg.

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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Police Department will soon be putting body cameras on their patrol officers, and the police chief says most officers welcome the addition.

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Last week, Gov. Bruce Rauner used his veto authority to make big changes to a small clean-up bill that’s necessary to enact school funding reform. Democrats who pushed the reform warned that Rauner’s action could derail the bipartisan effort to make school funding more equitable. As it turns out, they’re not the only ones upset about it.

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The stories of sexual assault and harassment that emerged last year seemed to touch every industry. But why do some people, mainly men, sexually harass their colleagues? Psychologist John Pryor on the faculty at Illinois State University has created a test to measure a person's tendency to harass someone; it's called the "Likelihood to Sexually Harass Scale."

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Before a Friday press conference on the University of Illinois Urbana campus, Democratic candidate for governor and State Senator Daniel Biss spoke with Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline on a range of topics.