Wealthy Would Pay More, Under Proposed New Income Tax Structure
All Illinois residents pay the same income tax rate. Now a plan is afoot to change that, with a constitutional amendment, to have the wealthy pay more.
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Illinois Senator Calls For More Teens To Have A Lawyer During Police Interrogations
Illinois State Senator Patricia Van Pelt, D-Chicago, is sponsoring legislation to expand protections for teenagers accused of murder. She says they can't make the legal decisions required to waive legal rights.
Illinois Man Serving Life Term In 1957 Murder Ordered Freed
A judge has ordered the release of a 76-year-old Jack McCullough, who a prosecutor says was wrongly convicted of killing an Illinois schoolgirl in 1957. A prosecutor re-examined evidence and concluded the former Washington state security guard couldn't have committed the crime.
The 21st: Life Expectancy Disparities, & Nuns For Social Justice
Why are the poor in central Illinois dying younger than in other parts of the country? We talked to researchers and health professionals to find out. Also, we spoke with the women behind the Ebertfest Film "Radical Grace."