Illinois Government News

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

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.

The state of Illinois is lobbying hard to land relocated Guantanamo detainees despite strenuous opposition to bringing the terrorism suspects to the United States, top lawmakers said Sunday.

Today, members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation joined Congressman Peter Roskam in sending a letter to President Barack Obama requesting a National Security Council briefing, after one of the five Democrat Senate candidates, Alexi Giannoulias, disclosed that he received a NSC briefing in an interview this morning .

An underground southern Illinois coal mine will close by the end of the year. Knight Hawk Coal says the 50 workers at the Royal Falcon mine near the boundary of Franklin and Jackson counties will be offered transfers to the company's Prairie Eagle site near Cutler, in nearby Perry County.

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.

US Senate GOP primary candidate Patrick Hughes says he's opposed to Illinois selling the Thomson Correctional Facility to the feds for housing terrorists ... 'I am vehemently opposed to bringing enemy combatants, including the Gitmo prisoners, to Illinois and was also opposed the closing of Guantanamo Bay.

Republican candidate for governor Bill Brady wants to eliminate the cap on charter schools in Illinois.

A man accused of trying to kill two women in a southern Illinois church says he didn't do it.

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.

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 ...

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.

Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes sparred over their tax plans at the first of two debates between the rival Democratic candidates for governor.

The Naperville Police Department and state of Illinois officials are announcing the kickoff of "Operation Save 100" by encouraging citizens to help save 100 lives and $100 million in associated costs by New Year's Day.

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 trial for one of two brothers accused of killing a family of five in central Illinois won't start this year after all.

For nearly eight years years the people in Thomson, Illinois and the surrounding area have waited for Thomson Correctional Center to open.

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.