Posted: 9:44 PM The Illinois House has voted unanimously to allow the special election to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress to be held April 9.

Posted: 9:43 PM The Illinois Senate has voted to restore money that Gov. Pat Quinn cut from the budget to force the closure of prisons and other state facilities.

Posted: 9:42 PM Illinois Senate President John Cullerton plans a vote this week on a measure that would require some corporations to reveal their income-tax bills.

Updated: 9:39 PM A state lawmaker is proposing Illinois borrow $4 billion to pay its overdue bills, saying agencies and vendors who do business with the state are in dire straits and need to be paid.

Posted: 10:51 PM Belvidere Aldermen met Monday night to discuss repealing their ban on gambling

Updated: 11:07 PM Illinois lawmakers will kick off their Fall veto session Tuesday in Springfield.

Posted: 11:12 PM Quinn says he's open to a new proposal to expand gambling, even though lawmakers are trying to override his veto.

Posted: 11:01 PM Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is defending attempts to fix the state's pension problem after an influential business group said it couldn't be done.

Posted: 11:00 PM Pat Quinn's budget director says the governor wants to work with lawmakers on a refinancing plan to pay down some of the state's $8 billion in overdue bills.

Posted: 10:49 PM President Barack Obama will make his first postelection comments Friday about actions needed to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff that could plunge the economy back into recession.

Posted: 10:39 PM Gov. Pat Quinn played down voters' rejection of a proposed amendment to the Illinois constitution that would have made it harder to expand public employee retirement benefits.

Updated: 11:41 PM Here is a recap of our Election Night Coverage.

Posted: 10:46 PM Barack Obama re-elected president.

Updated: 12:20 PM Republican Rep. Paul Ryan has won re-election in Wisconsin.

Updated: 10:27 PM Democrat Cheri Bustos has defeated first-term Illinois Republican Congressman Bobby Schilling.

Updated: 9:28 PM How Illinois voters are voting in top elections.

Updated: 12:19 PM Preliminary results of an exit poll conducted for The Associated Press show that the presidential election hinges once again on the economy.

Posted: 9:07 PM At this hour, Romney is leading Obama in the race for the presidency by a 50 percent to 48 percent margin in the popular vote nationwide.

Posted: 7:24 PM President Barack Obama has claimed another victory in his home state of Illinois.

Updated: 11:27 PM According to Pew Research 16% of all Facebook users have changed their view on a political issue due to Facebook posts.

Posted: 11:20 PM President Barack Obama is asking Iowa voters to help him finish what they started in the state four years ago.

Posted: 11:13 PM The pressure's on for both political candidates to make sure we show up to the polls on Tuesday. A lot of attention is being placed on voters in the battleground state of Wisconsin.

Posted: 11:17 PM More than $42 million has been spent on Illinois' top six congressional races in an effort to sway voters.

Updated: 11:27 PM Just days before the November election, the Vice President of the United States gets ready to make a stop in the Stateline.

Posted: 10:40 PM Some important information for voters, November 1, 2012 is the deadline to vote absentee.