Updated: 7:03 PM If you haven't noticed by now, there's a rather unusual phenomenon taking place in the Great Outdoors right now, perhaps right in your back yard. Leaves are already beginning to change color; an early taste of autumn.
Updated: 2:31 PM A spokeswoman says Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't approve hiring outside counsel for the Illinois Gaming Board until new board members are named.
Updated: 12:49 PM Several public interest groups are questioning a plan to fund a $5.3 billion overhaul of Illinois' tollway system by increasing tolls.
Updated: 12:48 PM U.S. Senate candidate Russ Darrow didn't pay any state income tax for 2002, even though federal documents show he reported a salary of more than $1 million.
Updated: 1:43 PM President Bush holds a campaign rally Friday in suburban Milwaukee, a day after the Republican National Convention wraps up in New York.
Updated: 1:41 PM The Illinois attorney general's office has filed suit against two of the nation's largest retailers over claims that they aren't collecting state taxes for sales generated over the Internet.
Updated: 8:47 PM As the Harlem teachers’ strike reaches week two, many parents and students are losing hope that the sides will ever come to an agreement.
Updated: 1:18 PM The Dave Matthews Band says it's cooperating with authorities in Chicago to determine what happened when a tour boat filled with passengers was doused with raw sewage.