Sequestration 4 Days Away
Posted: 5:20 PM Lawmakers are back in Washington today to try and work out a deal to avoid massive, across-the-board spending cuts.
Posted: 5:20 PM Lawmakers are back in Washington today to try and work out a deal to avoid massive, across-the-board spending cuts.
Posted: 10:54 PM llinois officials say savings from cuts to the state's Medicaid program have fallen short by $464 million.
Posted: 10:24 PM A top House Democrat wants to make a state income tax hike permanent and raise the retirement age to get Illinois out of its pension mess.
Updated: 11:05 PM Nearly $24 Million dollars That's how much the state has in unclaimed property in Winnebago and Boone Counties. And State Treasurer Dan Rutherford wants it returned to its rightful owners.
Updated: 11:03 PM The international terminal at RFD is now named after Former Congressman Don Manzullo.
Posted: 10:31 PM Opposing sides of the gun debate in Illinois are focusing on whether legislation allowing weapons to be carried publicly will apply to anyone who meets certain requirements or will be stricter.
Posted: 9:25 PM President Barack Obama says that every four months, his hometown of Chicago suffers the loss of as many children as were killed in the Connecticut elementary school shooting.
Posted: 11:04 PM Republicans have, for now, blocked Chuck Hagel's nomination to become defense secretary.
Posted: 10:51 PM The Illinois Senate has approved a measure to raise physicians' licensing fees to $700 to help the state rehire staff that license and investigate doctors.
Posted: 11:03 PM Shopping online can save us a lot of money But the internet hasn't been fair to a lot of businesses so now Congress hopes to level the playing field between online retailers and brick and mortar stores.
Posted: 9:29 PM State Representative Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) filed a package of anti-corruption legislation that will add more accountability to government offices and increase the penalties for forging state documents and theft of public funds.
Posted: 11:15 PM President Barack Obama is urging a divided Congress to boost job creation and strengthen the middle class through a package of government-backed proposals.
Posted: 10:52 PM A top Democrat says the toll that gun violence is taking on families makes it clear that Congress needs to pass more firearms restrictions.
Posted: 9:54 PM Two Republican legislators are trying to drum up support for bills that would toughen Wisconsin's drunken driving laws.
Updated: 5:47 PM Some Republican heavyweights made their way to Rockford today to talk about some of the major challenges facing the state of Illinois. It’s clear what the GOP leaders thought was challenge #1.
Updated: 10:55 PM State Representative Tom Demmer held an open house Friday afternoon at his new district office in Rochelle.
Posted: 9:50 PM Former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. might be headed to prison. He signed a federal plea deal where he admits to misusing campaign funds.
Posted: 10:45 PM Illinois Auditor General William Holland has been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol.
Posted: 10:40 PM Former Rockford School Board member Alice Saudargas has filed to be a write-in candidate for the upcoming school board election.
Posted: 10:50 PM The Pentagon says pending automatic budget cuts will force it to reduce its presence in the Persian Gulf.
Posted: 10:46 PM Legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois is expected to come up in a Senate committee meeting Tuesday and could see a floor vote on Valentine's Day.
Posted: 10:41 PM An Illinois House committee has approved additional funding for state programs in a plan that takes advantage of new money for road building and shifts the savings from a closed prison to child-welfare services.
Updated: 9:46 AM State Senator Dave Syverson thinks Illinois' legislature needs to go back to school.
Posted: 10:47 PM Members of the House are preparing to offer an immigration proposal of their own.
