Illinois
-
House wants governor's signs goneMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Future governors would be barred from plastering their names across tollway billboards with taxpayers' money, under a measure the Illinois House approved ...
-
Jacksons seek documentsMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his congressman son say they will file Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain any e-mail documents from the Secret Service in which age...
-
California court ruling boosts Illinois issue
May 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois gay rights activists are hailing the California Supreme Court's ruling that a gay marriage ban is unconstitutional. And they are hoping it will lead to the allo...
-
2 die in nursing home fireMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Fire at a Niles nursing home has claimed the lives of two men and left two other people injured. Niles police say the blaze began late Wednesday in a third-floor room at...
-
State: Food stamps, WIC at highest level ever in Illinois
-
Voter ID proposal rejected along party linesMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An attempt to require Illinois voters to show identification before casting a ballot was rejected Thursday by Democratic lawmakers. The proposal would hav...
-
Moment of silence changes rejected during Senate committee debate
-
Police: Manager in store shooting a hero for calling 911
-
NIU says thank youMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 200 people were honored at Northern Illinois University for their role in responding to a campus shooting spree earlier this year. The DeKalb university held a...
-
Anatomy of what will be an Obama nomination victoryMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Green is director, Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University Chicago and Schaumburg As the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination battle winds down (despite Hilla...