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JB Pritzker signed a bill into law that would protect abortion-seekers in Illinois from potential retaliation by shielding their digital medical records from out-of-state entities.

People in Illinois lost more than $7.7 billion gambling last year. As lawmakers increasingly bet on gambling to pay the state’s bills, they have only spare change to treat compulsive gamblers

Gamblers Anonymous, or GA, is a 12-step program founded in the 1950s, following in the footsteps of Alcoholics Anonymous. For many, talking with other people addicted to gambling at GA helps them keep from stumbling back into their addiction.

The Illinois EPA and a nonprofit are discussing a multiyear planning process to make Illinois waterways and ports more environmentally friendly.

The Peoria Riverfront Museum will represent Illinois with a pavilion on the National Mall as part of the upcoming Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence.

The now-cleared “Broadview Six” protesters are asking a federal judge to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate government lawyers involved in the case, which imploded in dramatic fashion last month after the judge discovered prosecutorial misconduct in transcripts from usually secret grand jury proceedings.

Though lawmakers failed to advance data center regulations in the POWER Act this spring, some leaders plan to continue negotiations with stakeholders and to hold listening sessions with constituents throughout the summer.

A Hopedale hospital official likes to believe its state-record low wait times are possible at other, larger facilities.

The Illinois General Assembly passed a bill that would address concerns from service providers that contract with the state.

What makes the event like no other is its emphasis on inclusion of everyone and building irreplaceable bonds through a large sum of people from all walks of life, organizers say. This year's games will feature 3,450 athletes and Unified partners, 1,250 coaches and 1,200 volunteers.