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The Illinois Senate has approved raising public school teacher salaries to a minimum of $40,000 a year.The Senate voted 37-16 Thursday to increase minimum…
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An Illinois House committee has approved a bill that would prevent credit card companies from marketing their products on public university and community…
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Identity theft was the top complaint consumers made to the Illinois attorney general's office last year.Attorney General Lisa Madigan released the annual…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner is downplaying defeats in the just-ended legislative session where lawmakers voted to nix most of the Rauner vetoes they attempted to…
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The Illinois Senate has endorsed monthly reporting of incoming bills despite a veto by Gov. Bruce Rauner.The Senate's 52-3 vote Wednesday to override the…
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U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says he's concerned that President Donald Trump may follow through with his threat to force a government shutdown if Congress…
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Illinois lawmakers have an ironic strategy for digging out of debt: taking on more of it.The state recently adopted its first budget in two years.…
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Two years with no budget have left the state of Illinois billions of dollars deeper in debt than when the budget impasse started. The state comptroller’s…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' debt to the state's health care providers continues to grow in the wake of the failure by legislators and the governor…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner says many bond buyers support the pro-business changes he's pushing and want to invest in Illinois despite its worst-in-the-nation…