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SPRINGFIELD --- Gov. Pat Quinn today stood solidly today behind his opposition to allowing concealed weapons in Illinois even though Wisconsin is on the verge of becoming the 49th state with some form of such a law. “We must ensure the safety of...

With Wisconsin poised to allow people to carry concealed weapons in public, gun advocates have made Illinois -- the last holdout -- a prime target in their campaign to give citizens unrestricted rights to carry weapons. Illinois has been one of their...

Posted by Rick Pearson at 2:22 p.m.; updated at 2:23 p.m. SPRINGFIELD --- Democrats in the Senate sent Gov. Pat Quinn a new map of the state’s congressional boundaries for the next decade, a plan which carves up suburban districts......

Dems moving ahead with workers compensation overhaul   After months of tense negotiations, Democratic lawmakers have unveiled a sweeping proposal to change the state's workers compensation system, a move business groups have long asked for as a way to...

Posted by Monique Garcia at 11:45 p.m. After months of tense negotiations, Democratic lawmakers have unveiled a sweeping proposal to change the state's workers compensation system, a move business groups have long asked for as a way to rein in......

UPDATED by Rick Pearson at 5:50 p.m., Senate sends legislative map to governor. Ruling Democrats today passed a map of new legislative boundaries that seeks to extend their control of the Statehouse for another decade while trying to satisfy minority........

Posted by Monique Garcia and Ray Long at 8:36 p.m.; last updated at 10:51 p.m. SPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois House tonight failed to approve sweeping changes to the state's workers' compensation system. The long-in-the-works bill got 55 votes, but needed.....

5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Greg Jarrett 6:09 a.m. Illinois State Rep. Brandon Phelps (d-Harrisburg), the primary sponsor of a bill that would allow Illinoisans to carry concealed weapons, tells Greg Jarrett why he wants this to become law. 7:09 a.m. Illinois...

Posted by Rick Pearson at 12:01 a.m. Gov. Pat Quinn today is expected to sign legislation requiring statewide hearings involving the politically controversial redrawing of state legislative district boundaries, but the new law falls far short of...

Posted by Ray Long at 11:59 a.m.; last updated at 12:41 p.m. SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a historic ban on the death penalty in Illinois and commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates to......