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Supreme Court refuses to hear Illinois redistricting challenge

Monday at 10:43 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to redistricting in Illinois despite complaints from the League of Women Voters of Illinois that … Read more ›

Illinois Senate passes ban on scandal-plagued scholarship program

May 3 at 1:30 p.m.

The Illinois Senate today overwhelmingly approved the elimination of a century-old legislative scholarship program that has come under federal investigation and long been abused by … Read more ›

Palatine councilman, new Cook GOP leader, looks at new strategy

By Jim Jaworski | April 23 at 2:44 p.m.

The work of any suburban trustee or council member rotates between high profile issues, such as tax increases, to the mundane, whether to allow a building … Read more ›

Illinois moves closer to cracking down on a fugitive’s family members who help him flee

April 20 at 7:10 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD—Illinois moved closer Thursday to cracking down on a fugitive’s family members who help him flee. A House judicial panel voted 7-1 for a measure … Read more ›

Romney, Santorum lay groundwork for furious finish in Illinois

March 19 at 7:09 a.m.

MOLINE, Ill.—The leading contenders in the Republican presidential race spent Sunday laying the groundwork for a furious if not acrimonious final push for votes heading … Read more ›

There are more than 150 spots to vote early in the city and suburbs. (José M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune / January 31, 2011)

Illinois early voting underway for March 20 primary

Feb. 27 at 7:41 a.m.

Early voting in Illinois for the March 20 Republican and Democratic primaries starts Monday and runs through March 15. The practice has become an increasingly … Read more ›

An inmate looks out from his cell at the Tamms Correctional Center in 2009. The super-max prison in Tamms, Ill., would close under the budget to be unveiled Wednesday by Gov. Pat Quinn. ( Chicago Tribune / February 13, 2009 )

Quinn’s bad news budget: ‘Our rendezvous with reality has arrived’

Feb. 22 at 7:38 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD—Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn today delivered a bad news budget speech, calling for prison closures, layoffs and cutbacks to health care for the poor. “This … Read more ›

Brian McCann, whose brother was killed by an allegedly drunken driver who was an illegal immigrant, testifies against a Cook County ordinance that freed the man before his immigration status could be checked. (Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune / February 9, 2012)

Cook County Board wrestles with immigration ordinance amid heated criticism

Feb. 10 at 7:27 a.m.

Faced with criticism that hardened felons are being set free to commit more crimes, Cook County officials wrestled Thursday with a controversial local ordinance that … Read more ›

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From the community

General Motors Seeks to Reward Local Heroes from Illinois

By Holly Connor | Feb. 6 at 1:49 p.m.

Now in its second year, General Motors once again wants to honor, recognize and reward local Illinois heroes with the Our Town, Our Heroes program. … Read more ›

Congressman Dan Lipinski, standing in the middle in a first-grade class at Cardinal Joseph Bernardin School, is worried new rules from the Obama administration will hurt Catholic schools. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Lipinski criticizes new contraception rules during school visit

By Jeff Vorva | Jan. 31 at 1:44 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill.,  had a little fun Monday wearing a Snoopy tie during his visit to the Cardinal Joseph Bernardin School in Orland … Read more ›

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