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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's son Howard Buffett will build a $4.2 million regional dispatch center south of Decatur in central Illinois.The…

Illinois has fewer unfilled job openings in its school districts than it did last school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. But...

It didn't take long for the news to spread like wildfire that emergency room staffing issues would force a suspension of operations at St. Margaret's hospital in Peru.

He's running unopposed, but nearly $3 million has flowed into the race for Justice Thomas Kilbride's Illinois Supreme Court seat -- making it the second-highest-grossing judicial retention campaign in history. And, experts say, it could have a lasting impact on the independence of the court system.

Police can now approach someone who is sleeping in a tent or not on city property. Previously, only sleeping in a tent was outlawed.

The gloves came off Thursday as the six candidates running for three open seats on the Pekin City Council made what could be their final pitches to voters with the April 1 election less than three weeks away.

Democratic state Rep. Sharon Chung has introduced a bill changing the definition of a corporation to take away its legal power to spend money influencing elections.

Illinois lawmakers have approved a new version of a plan to keep emergency 911 call centers funded past June 30. The plan will increase phone fees to...

The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council is adding a new annex to its Pekin Training Center to train up the next generation of union construction workers.

As the United States moves closer to war with Iraq, educators are taking different approaches to teaching what it means to be a patriot. As part of Morning Edition's "Citizen Student" series on civics education, NPR's Madeleine Brand visits two eighth-grade history classrooms to listen in on the discussion.