Updated: 4:09 AM The Illinois House has rejected a measure that would require $1 million in liability insurance for people carrying concealed weapons.

Updated: 12:59 AM A House committee has approved a bi-partisan pension overhaul that requires more employee contributions and floats the issue of shifting pension costs to local school districts.

Posted: 8:51 PM Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says she hasn't made up her mind yet on a 2014 gubernatorial run.

Posted: 8:48 PM Gov. Pat Quinn wants the state's attorney general to appeal a federal court ruling that Illinois' concealed carry ban is unconstitutional.

Posted: 8:45 PM An Illinois Senate committee has advanced two somewhat similar proposals to address Illinois' worst-in-nation pension problem.

Updated: 11:13 PM Senate Democrats are preparing a catchall government funding bill. The measure is the product of bipartisan negotiations and is the legislative vehicl

Updated: 4:09 AM The Illinois Senate is putting the brakes on yet another attempt to expand casino gambling.

Posted: 4:08 AM The Illinois House is approving an increase in physicians' license fees.

Posted: 4:05 AM Lawmakers have found at least one fix for the state's multibillion-dollar pension problem that could pass the Illinois House.

Posted: 11:13 PM Being dubbed "miserable" by Forbes is still on the minds of Mayor Larry Morrissey and many in the audience during his 8th State of the City address.

Updated: 11:12 PM The good news is the air traffic control tower at the Chicago-Rockford International Airport will remain open.

Posted: 11:00 PM Illinois lawmakers will soon debate a plan that changes where we vote.

Posted: 10:48 PM Gov. Pat Quinn will deliver a proposed state budget calling for $400 million in cuts to education and significant attempts to pay down Illinois' billions in backlogged bills.

Updated: 10:42 PM President Barack Obama has signed an order authorizing the government to begin cutting $85 billion from federal accounts

Posted: 2:00 PM An expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is one step closer in Illinois.

Posted: 10:51 PM It's looking like mandatory government spending cuts will go into effect on Friday.

Posted: 10:33 PM Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is on board with the newest Illinois House pension solution plan.

Updated: 12:00 PM Ogle County Clerk Rebecca Huntley announced that Ogle County voters may make application for an absentee ballot for the April 9th Consolidated Election.

Updated: 10:54 PM Former Illinois legislator Robin Kelly has won the Democratic primary to replace disgraced former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Updated: 11:45 PM The Illinois House completed seven hours of debate on the contentious issue of public gun possession by adopting a comprehensive plan long pushed by advocates.

Posted: 10:44 PM The Illinois House Executive Committee is hearing arguments over whether the state's ban on same-sex marriage should be lifted.

Updated: 10:50 PM It was Election Day here in the Stateline, but it was not a good day for turnout and it was a very brutal day for incumbents.

Posted: 7:01 PM anesville community members will have an opportunity to become more informed voters on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Educational Services Center, 527 S. Franklin St. The Janesville Area Council-PTA and the League of Women Voters will conduct a “School Board Candidates Forum.”

Posted: 10:21 PM A report from the Chicago-based Civic Federation predicts that Illinois' backlog of unpaid bills will reach nearly $22 billion within five years without legislative action to hold down pension costs.

Posted: 10:18 PM More than two dozen amendments involving the issue of carrying concealed weapons in Illinois could be debated on the House floor Tuesday.