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SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker and some state lawmakers said Tuesday that last week’s mass shooting at an Aurora manufacturing plant will …

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, declaring his first major leg…

CHICAGO – A construction machinery company known for its earth-moving equipment plans to expand its Chicago office in an effort to attract t…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California and 15 other states filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a …

AURORA – An initial background check five years ago failed to flag an out-of-state felony conviction that would have prevented a man from bu…

AURORA – Mayor Richard Irvin called for the city to come together after a workplace shooting Friday at the Henry Pratt Co. warehouse at 641 …

SPRINGFIELD – A group of House Democrats have formed an official caucus they say will champion a liberal agenda “to provide a better directi…

A bill intended to rein in House Speaker Michael Madigan’s outsized role in state politics was rejected by Democrats in a House subcommittee…

SPRINGFIELD – A bill to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $15 by 2025 needs only Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature to become law, and his office …

CHICAGO – The wife of a Chicago police officer who was convicted of fatally shooting black teenager Laquan McDonald demanded on Thursday to …