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Nick Gore, a former drug addict, is working with state lawmakers to pass legislation that would require pharmacies to include locks on pill bottles that contain highly addictive prescription drugs.

Illinois lawmakers consider bills to fight drug abuse

May 25, 2019 at 1:22 p.m.

What started with a Vicodin prescription to deal with a particularly difficult kidney stone spiraled into a painkiller addiction for Bartlett resident Nicholas Gore, one he said made him so...

Hunter Wilson enjoys some sweet corn on opening day of Taste of Chicago on July 9, 2014.

Sweet corn on track to become official state vegetable

May 15, 2019 at 2:41 p.m.

The Illinois Senate on Thursday approved a measure dubbing sweet corn as the official state vegetable following a discussion on which food group the golden produce belongs to. Debate centered...

An SUV enters a red light camera intersection Dec. 7, 2014, at Madison Street and Ashland Avenue on Chicago's Near West Side.

Illinois House votes to ban red light cameras, but not in Chicago

May 25, 2019 at 1:22 p.m.

The Illinois House on Wednesday approved a measure that would ban red light cameras in about 35 communities outside of Chicago, even as supporters pointed to flaws in the city's...

Illinois House votes to ban red light cameras, but not in Chicago

May 15, 2019 at 2:41 p.m.

The Illinois House on Wednesday approved a measure that would ban red light cameras in approximately 35 communities outside Chicago, even as supporters pointed to flaws in the city's program...

Gov. Bruce Rauner, addressing Illinois' history of deficit budgets, said, "We are done kicking the can. ... We are not doing that anymore."

Rauner team warns of more budget cuts

May 25, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

The political merry-go-round on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's latest $26 million in budget cuts kept spinning at the Capitol on Tuesday, as Democrats once again sought to highlight the spending...

Darren Stockl cuts pie pumpkins off the vine at a pumpkin patch in Crest Hill in 2012.

Illinois House votes to make pumpkin official state pie

May 25, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

The Illinois House overwhelmingly voted Thursday to declare pumpkin pie the official state pie, following a jovial debate over the merits of sweet potato and blueberry versions of the baked...

Rauner’s school board moves to offset CPS cuts

May 25, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools would get $33.3 million to soften the blow of recent state budget cuts under a plan approved Wednesday by the State Board of Education. The money is...

Tony Smith, speaking in California in 2013, was hired Wednesday, April 15, 2015, to lead the Illinois State Board of Education.

Illinois board of education names new leader, OKs severance deal for Koch

May 25, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

Tony Smith — a charismatic but sometimes unpopular leader who closed struggling public schools, butted heads with teachers unions and created more privately run charter schools in California — was...

Illinois state Sen. Darin LaHood, R-Dunlap, announced his candidacy on March 18, 2015, for U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock's soon-to-be-vacant congressional seat.

LaHood in, Brady out in race for Schock seat

May 25, 2019 at 1:22 p.m.

The resignation of U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has ignited the political ambitions of several state lawmakers, including Sen. Darin LaHood who announced Wednesday he will run for the congressional seat...

Illinois leaders like House Speaker Michael Madigan, left, Senate President John Cullerton, right, and Gov. Bruce Rauner will have to consider budget cuts and tax hikes.

Illinois Democrats look at tax hikes to offset Rauner budget cuts

May 25, 2019 at 12:54 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's opposition to raising the income tax and proposal to slash the state budget have Democratic lawmakers pushing more than a dozen other tax hikes as they...

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