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Illinois politicians continue reacting to Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas. Their responses are often falling along party lines.

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A majority of the Democratic candidates running for Illinois governor took the stage during a forum Tuesday at Northern Illinois University. The five Democrats had a common target for much of the evening: Incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner.

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The Mayor of Urbana is hiring a search firm to help hire a new administrator for the city. 

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Commentary: A capital bill; spending cuts; bills pushed by Democratic statewide officeholders? A look at some pending questions for the fall legislative session. 

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As Mattoon continues to recover from a school shooting almost two weeks ago, Mattoon native Will Leitch talks about how his hometown is coping.

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The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in Gill v. Whitford, a Wisconsin case challenging partisan legislative maps. Wendy Tam Cho is a political science professor on the University of Illinois Urbana campus. Cho says this case is particularly important because it could determine the court’s role in future cases on gerrymandering.

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Illinois’ new school funding plan — approved in August and hailed as a historic change — relies on the legislature to give every school the same state aid it got last year, plus push another $350 million through a new formula.

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An in-depth look at the Illinois High School Association, or IHSA, is the newest addition to the oral history project posted online by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield

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The Mayor of Champaign has appointed five people to serve on a new police review committee. 

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The latest numbers on the Illinois economy continues to show slow growth.