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The Illinois House Tuesday approved 15-percent pay increases for incoming cabinet members.The 49 positions include the director of prisons, the…
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The Franklin County town of Orient is celebrating its 100th birthday.Monday night, State Representative Dave Severin of Benton presented a House…
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A southern Illinois lawmaker is part of a newly established task force that will try to increase the use of Illinois coal.House Minority Leader Jim Durkin…
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Governor Bruce Rauner Tuesday visited Herrin Junior High School and discussed the need to pump more funding into K through 12 education.Rauner says his…
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Three new Republicans will take the oath of office Wednesday, pledging to serve the state and, more specifically, southern Illinois.The state budget…
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New members of the General Assembly will be take office in January. We plan to catch up with them to see why they want the job and what they hope to...
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In an era of political gridlock, one of the few topics on which there's been hope of bipartisan cooperation is on the issues of crime and punishment....
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The republican candidate in the 117th district Illinois House race says his opponent in November is too loyal to Speaker of the House Michael Madigan.…