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The Illinois Senate has voted to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21.The Senate voted 35-20 Wednesday to ban under-21 sales of tobacco or tobacco related…

The Illinois Senate has approved requiring public schools to teach LGBT history. The Senate voted 34-18 on the plan by Chicago Democratic Sen. Heather…

Many small businesses in Peoria were forced to close once the State of Illinois deemed them non-essential last month. Book Rack Used Books on North…

Without a new spending bill the federal government will partially shut down at midnight tonight. The House yesterday passed a stopgap to keep the…

Illinois legislators are reviving bills that would raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products to 21.Democratic Sens. Julie Morrison and Michael…

The bird was wearing a specially made vest decorated with gold and silver rhinestones. It was turned into a shelter, which posted a photo of it and its bedazzled outfit — trying to locate the owner.

The group leading the region’s new economic development strategy is looking to again use the same firm that crafted the plan. The Focus Forward Central…

A ten-year-old government group needs to find a new home or officially suspend its actions later this year. Those are the main options for the Heart Of…

A group wants voters in Illinois to weigh-in on changing the way state political districts are crafted. But this isn’t the first push to that end: The…

It's not clear whether Illinois government is making preparations for a strike by state workers. Governor Pat Quinn was repeatedly asked about it…