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The Associated Press has learned that Gov. Pat Quinn's administration will start paying overdue raises to unionized workers July 1 even though lawmakers didn't approve extra funding.

A special session of the Legislature started with a fire alarm clearing the statehouse, the General Assembly voting to establish a conference committee on pension reform, and the Governor imposing a tight deadline to get it done.

Gov. Pat Quinn set a July 9 deadline for a newly formed legislative conference committee on pension reform to produce a compromise Gov. Pat Quinn set a July 9 deadline for a newly formed legislative conference committee on pension reform to produce a compromise.

As oil and gas companies struggle to find skilled workers, two Illinois colleges have launched new training programs in the field of oil and gas drilling - and at least one company, Maersk, has turned to recruitment via a computer game.

OfficeMax Inc. is asking the state of Illinois for tax breaks to keep the company's headquarters in-state after the office supply chain's merger with Office Depot Inc. is complete.

Illinois borrowing costs are headed for the biggest monthly increase since May 2012 as investors bet two rating cuts won't be enough to spur lawmakers to fix the worst-funded U.S. state pension system.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced a total of $4.9 million in capital investments for road projects in Madison and St. Clair Counties.

Even though some Illinois officials say they won't prosecute concealed carry, you shouldn't expect the same opinion in Champaign County.

Animal rights groups, for example, have announced plans to use drones to monitor farms for cruelty to animals.

Chicago aldermen on Tuesday listened to environmentalists and a teenage girl make the case for banning plastic bags in city stores, but were not expected to vote on the long-discussed move that retailers argue would hurt business.

Unable to round up enough Senate votes for a sweeping measure to overhaul the state's public employee pension system, Gov. Pat Quinn has backed off in favor of a plan to a form a committee designed to forge a compromise on the hot-button issue.

The U.S. Supreme Court is granting the Illinois attorney general more time to decide on an appeal over the carrying of concealed weapons.

Those are the expenses legislators will receive when they return to Springfield Wednesday for a special session called by Gov. Pat Quinn after the House and Senate could not agree on a bill to reform the state's underfunded retirement system.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn just signed the most restrictive legislation on fracking in the country into law.

MEET THE PRESS Gubernatorial candidate Bill Daley ripped his two probable competitors Monday for their failures in the state's crippling pension crisis.

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Two colleges in southern Illinois have announced a cooperative agreement to provide training in the emerging field of high-volume oil and gas drilling.

Illinois residents affected by the floods can now get help buying food. Governor Pat Quinn announced Monday the Illinois Department of Human Services will offer immediate assistance to 33 counties, including here in the Quad Cities.

Gov. Pat Quinn wants to keep the fire burning by establishing a so-called conference committee, with members from both the House and Senate, to reconcile the differences between the competing proposals that they have passed.

The Buffalo Grove Village Board will consider a ban on assault weapons at its meeting tonight, which is likely to spark a lively debate.