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En esta foto del 26 de junio del 2019, el cantante de R&B R. Kelly, en el centro, llega a la Corte Penal de Leighton para responder a delitos de abuso sexual en Chicago. Kelly, quien ya enfrenta cargos de abuso sexual en Illinois, fue arrestado en Chicago el jueves 11 de julio del 2019 bajo un acta de un jurado de instrucción federal que incluye 13 cargos, entre ellos crímenes sexuales y obstrucción de la justicia.

R. Kelly bajo arrestos por nuevos casos de abuso sexual

July 12, 2019 at 9:45 a.m.

R. Kelly, quien ya enfrenta cargos de abuso sexual presentados por fiscales de Illinois, fue arrestado en Chicago bajo un acta de un jurado de instrucción federal que incluye 13...

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is led through supporters and members of the media as he leaves a meet-and-greet at Madhouse Coffee on April 8, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nev.

LGBT donors helping Pete Buttigieg defy 2020 expectations

May 13, 2019 at 7:02 a.m.

Jonah Burrell first contributed to Pete Buttigieg's campaign after watching the first prominent openly gay presidential candidate on television. When Burrell later saw him in person in a cramped upstate...

Men walk on Adams Street in downtown Peoria, a block from the Caterpillar Visitors Center, on Jan. 31, 2017. The company announced it will move its headquarters to the Chicago area; it has not decided on whether to locate in the city or suburbs.

Plight of company towns: Finding a new identity

June 5, 2018 at 8:24 p.m.

Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis planned to open this year's State of the City speech by thanking Caterpillar for its longtime commitment to the central Illinois town, declaring "We wouldn't be...

Burned cars sit in the parking lot of a gas station that was destroyed Aug. 14, 2016, during protests after a fatal police-involved shooting the day before in Milwaukee.

By many measures, Milwaukee is toughest U.S. city for blacks

August 21, 2019 at 7:42 p.m.

In the country's long history of racial strife, a few cities have become flashpoints: Los Angeles. Chicago. Ferguson, Missouri. Baltimore.But by many measures, there is no tougher place to be...

Gov. Bruce Rauner, shown June 12, 2015, annouced in an op-ed that he's vetoing the budget plan passed by the legislature and offering short-term pension relief for local governments. He also wants a two-year property tax freeze.

More Illinois residents feel pain as budget impasse drags on

June 15, 2018 at 12:38 p.m.

Almost a month after Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who run the Illinois Legislature entered a new fiscal year without a state budget, Illinois in many ways is still...

FILE - In this June 10, 2015 file photo, Illinois state Comptroller Leslie Munger speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Cook County Judge Diane Joan Larsen ruled Tuesday, July 7, 2015, that Illinois may not continue to pay state workers in full during an ongoing budget impasse. Larsen said Munger may pay only some workers who are covered under a federal law. (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee, File)

Judge bars full state worker pay without Illinois budget

August 18, 2019 at 7:58 p.m.

Illinois won't be allowed to pay state workers in full during an ongoing budget impasse, a Cook County judge ruled Tuesday, potentially leaving some 65,000 employees without a paycheck and...

Gov. Bruce Rauner must soon take action on a package of two dozen budget bills by the July 1 start of the new fiscal year or risk a partial shutdown of government because the state could lose authority to spend money in many areas.

Rauner moves to keep schools open during budget clash

May 21, 2019 at 5:35 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation Wednesday to increase state funding for education, ensuring that schools remain open even if a dispute between him and the Democrat-controlled Legislature leads to a...

Illinois legislators skeptical about new pension deal this spring

May 21, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

Illinois lawmakers expressed skepticism Wednesday that they'll be able to pass a new pension reform bill this spring, despite pressure from Gov. Bruce Rauner and major credit rating agencies to...

Union workers last month shouted and waved signs as Gov. Bruce Rauner left a speaking engagement in Decatur. But three state workers want to join Rauner's lawsuit that seeks to end so-called "fair share" fees to unions by non-members.

Three workers want to join Rauner ‘fair share’ suit

May 21, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

Three Illinois state employees on Monday sought to join Gov. Bruce Rauner's lawsuit against labor unions, a legal maneuver aimed at trying to end mandatory union dues for nonmembers across...

Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, speaks to the Illinois Senate about pension in Springfield earlier this year.

Cullerton rips Rauner budget plan as ‘unconscionable’

May 21, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

The Democratic leader of the Illinois Senate on Monday called Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed state budget "as unworkable as it is unconscionable," suggesting the Republican try again to draft a...

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