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We continue our series “Veterans Choice: Making It Work," with a look at Veterans Choice at the local level. Guy Stephens visits some local Veteran's Assistance Commission offices to get their thoughts on the program.
The Illinois General Assembly ended its annual legislative session last night without agreeing on a budget. Top Democrats and Republicans blamed each other.
As Brian Mackey reports, state government's long, slow financial crisis will accelerate.
George Sheldonn the director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has resigned in the face of an ethics probe and controversy over recent child deaths.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says new state hate-crimes legislation passed last week by the Senate will provide a badly needed upgrade to the state’s civil rights protections.
Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is laying off 53 people and will not renew the contracts of another 26 employees as it tries to cut $19 million dollars in spending, spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith said Wednesday.
