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The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama.

Illinois motorists have been urged to start getting ready for winter driving. The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police said Thursday that they are making final preparations for snowy and icy roadway conditions.

Pete Hoekstra, Rob Simmons and Mark Kirk are among the GOP candidates seeking an edge in the W.H. decision to try terror suspects on U.S. soil.

The two big name Democratic candidates for governor have a busy week ahead. Gov. Pat Quinn and challenger Dan Hynes will meet up at two candidate forums Wednesday.

When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

House Republican Leader Tom Cross says he will attempt to put to a vote Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to sell a western Illinois prison to the federal government to house suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay.

The long-running fight to close the troubled Howe Developmental Center in Tinley Park has become the battleground for a larger debate about the quality of care for disabled adults in Illinois.

Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois economists warns.

Sen. Robert Byrd , D-W.Va., made a rare appearance on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to mark his 20,774th day as a member of Congress - making him the longest-serving member in history.

Republicans are blasting the decision to put five men accused of plotting the Sept.

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 * This interpretation of Gov. Pat Quinn's comment during a debate with Dan Hynes this morning is a bit of a stretch, but it may come back to haunt Quinn But it was Quinn's use of the term "missions accomplished" that was unusual for a Democrat.

Gov. Pat Quinn says a deal to sell a prison in northwestern Illinois to the federal government to house Guantanamo Bay detainees "probably" will happen.

A Republican congressman from Illinois said Tuesday that his comment that suspected terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay follow a "savage religion" has been misinterpreted.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. Read more: National , Politics , Politico , Politics , Guantanamo Detainees , Gitmo , Northwester Illinois , Illinois , Illinois Republican , Republican An Illinois Republican has introduced legislation to block federal funds from transporting Guantanamo detainees to the Thomson Correction Center in ...

The University of Illinois and its graduate instructors reached a tentative agreement Tuesday that may end a day-old strike at the Urbana- Champaign campus.

Several Illinois lawmakers say the Chicago area would become a terrorist target if Guantanamo Bay detainees are moved to a prison in western Illinois.

Illinois has made it easier for people who have had sex reassignment surgery to change their birth certificates to reflect their new gender.

Playing tourist on his first visit ever to China, President Barack Obama drew a chilly comparison between the Chinese capital and his Illinois hometown.

There's a new president of a key northern Illinois treasurers' group. Members have elected Will County Treasurer Pat McGuire as the president of Illinois County Treasurers Association Zone Four.

Dems at risk of losing Obama's old Senate seat Democratic Party leaders in Washington -- and the Obama White House -- failed to recruit a candidate strong enough to scare Rep.