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House advances $1B capital bill; budget vote looms

House advances $1B capital bill; budget vote looms

Kerry Lester · May 30, 2014 1:27 am

House Democrats on the spot with tax, budget votes

Kerry Lester · May 26, 2014 9:59 pm

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, listens to lawmakers during a House committee hearing at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Faced with an expected $3 billion budget hole from an expiring income tax increase, Illinois lawmakers are grappling with whether to raise taxes to avoid major cuts to schools and social services next year. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Tough tax votes loom in Illinois

Kerry Lester · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Office Max to begin move out of Illinois in April

Office Max to begin move out of Illinois in April

Kerry Lester · March 14, 2014 1:50 am

Mike Phillips, and other union protesters, supporters, and labor leaders boo Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn in protest saying he is betraying the Democratic party's tradition of supporting working men and women. (AP/Seth Perlman)

Illinois lawmakers convening special session on pensions

Kerry Lester · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

Service Employees International Union members rally in the capitol rotunda before a Senate hearing on pension legislation at the state Capitol in Springfield Ill. (AP/Seth Perlman)

Unions target Illinois Democrats in pension reform battle

Kerry Lester · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

Illinois GOP hopeful Rauner rolls out term-limits proposal

Illinois GOP hopeful Rauner rolls out term-limits proposal

Kerry Lester · September 7, 2013 4:00 am

$Ill. passes nation’s toughest fracking regulations$ Business

Ill. passes nation’s toughest fracking regulations

Kerry Lester · June 1, 2013 4:05 am

Compromise reached on concealed carry in Illinois

Compromise reached on concealed carry in Illinois

Kerry Lester · May 31, 2013 3:30 am