A union lobbyist who qualified a state pension by substitute teaching a class for a day will get his monthly payments reinstated after Illinois’ Supreme Court ruled in his favor.

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MARION — Every day, someone calls or walks into the Marion Ministerial Alliance seeking financial help to avoid crises such as eviction or having their electricity or water disconnected because they’ve fallen behind on payments.

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As lawmakers prepare to reveal and possibly pass a measure to legalize marijuana for recreational use, some want to slow the effort down.

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Veteran lawmaker Kwame Raoul took over as Illinois Attorney General in January, but he already has seen enough to know it’s going take more than just better cooperation between police and residents to calm the gun violence rocking city street corners.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday he won’t let news of a federal criminal probe into $331,000 in property tax breaks he got on a Gold Coast mansion interfere with his push for a progressive income tax.

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With both federal and state government mulling gas tax hikes, Illinois residents could potentially see higher prices at the pump.

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An expert says Lyme disease cases in Illinois will likely continue to rise this year after having shown a gradual increase in recent years.

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U.S. Census data released Thursday showed the population in every one of the state’s metropolitan areas declined in the past year for the first time.

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Video gambling supporters are pushing back against Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s plan to nearly double the state’s tax on the betting terminals.

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DU QUOIN — Josh Gross grew up in Pinckneyville and lives in Du Quoin.

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