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The Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield, photographed on Nov. 8, 2017. On Wednesday, state lawmakers voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's vetoes more than three dozen times.

Illinois Senate narrowly votes to raise age to buy cigarettes to 21, in one of many votes to override Gov. Bruce Rauner

May 15, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

Illinois moved closer to raising the minimum age to buy cigarettes, vaping devices and other tobacco products to 21 after the state Senate on Wednesday voted to override Gov. Bruce...

The Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield, Ill., is seen on Thursday, May 31, 2018.

Part of Illinois Capitol building evacuated after bomb threat: official

May 15, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

At least two floors of the Illinois Capitol were evacuated briefly on Wednesday afternoon after a bomb threat was called in, a state official said. Secretary of State spokesman Dave...

House Speaker Michael Madigan, right, and Senate President John Cullerton talk Jan. 31, 2018, in the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. The two are set to continue as the Democratic Party's leaders in the General Assembly.

There will be a new governor, but Illinois lawmakers stick with the same leaders

May 15, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

A new Illinois governor starts next year, but the state legislature is set to be led by the same people when a new General Assembly gets sworn in. State Senate...

We’re going to need a smaller cake: Illinois scales back 200th birthday party

May 15, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

Can the state’s governor and governor-elect save Illinois’ shrinking birthday party? Look for Gov. Bruce Rauner and Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker, who fought a bitter and expensive race to last week’s...

Sylvia Puente of the Latino Policy Forum speaks with Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker during his visit to forum event in Chicago on Nov. 9, 2018.

Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker gives $7 million to House Speaker Michael Madigan-backed campaign fund

May 15, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker helped bankroll, to the tune of $7 million, the campaigns for House Democrats who won big enough to give powerful Speaker Michael Madigan even more muscle in...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum is one-half of the debt-freighted museum and library complex. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is across the street in Springfield.

Lincoln museum foundation pleads for state money to avoid selling off historic artifacts

May 15, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum’s foundation on Tuesday asked Illinois lawmakers for help paying off millions of dollars in debt to avoid having to sell parts of a...

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to supporters after he conceded his re-election bid to Democrat J.B. Pritzker on election night, Nov. 6, in Chicago. Lawmakers could soon decide about overriding dozens of his vetoes before he leaves office.

When lawmakers return to Springfield, will they rebuke Rauner or save some wins for Pritzker?

May 15, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

State lawmakers trek back to Springfield on Tuesday, when they could decide whether to override dozens of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes before he leaves office or leave the issues...

The Illinois House chamber is shown in Springfield on May 31, 2018. Though some races are still up in the air, the Democrats and Speaker Michael Madigan are set to have a supermajority.

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan boosts his Democratic majority thanks to victories throughout the suburbs

May 15, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

With some races still in question days after the polls closed, Speaker Michael Madigan is on track to have as many Democrats in the Illinois House as he has since...

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos of Downstate Illinois wants to lead Democrats’ national congressional campaign efforts

May 15, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

On the heels of Democrats’ Election Day victories giving them control of the U.S. House, Rep. Cheri Bustos of East Moline announced on Friday she’ll seek to run the national...

Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker, shown Nov. 7, 2018, with Lt. Gov.-elect Juliana Stratton, has assembled a bipartisan panel to help sort through the state's difficult financial situation.

Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker picks state budget team led by former Comptroller Dan Hynes

May 15, 2019 at 5:16 p.m.

Democratic Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker’s budget team includes labor leaders, allies of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former state comptroller and a former top Republican lawmaker, he announced Thursday. Illinois’ long-troubled finances...

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