Imprisoned men who say they were tortured by Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge have a new venue to air their cases. ...
WBBM Newsradio | Posted 09.11.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Pat Quinn uses his own BlackBerry for government business, saying it saves taxpayers the cost of providing an official cell phone. The practice a...
AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 09.07.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn urged the remaining members of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to voluntarily resign on Friday, after a st...
AP | TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — A panel investigating the role that clout played in University of Illinois admissions recommended in its final report released on Thur...
AP | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago
Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes has made official what's been talked about for weeks: He's running for governor. That sets up a Democratic primary fig...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- College student Juan Ibarra hopes a new Illinois law banning text messaging while driving will help him kick the dangerous habit. "I ...
State Journal-Register | Doug Finke | Posted 09.05.2009 | Chicago
Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes, expected to run for governor in 2010, on Tuesday called Gov. Pat Quinn's handling of the state budget "chaos" and "con...
Chicago Tribune | Ray Long | Posted 09.04.2009 | Chicago
Legislation that Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law today asks state environmental officials to find ways to reduce trace elements of painkillers, bug spr...
Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago
Comptroller Dan Hynes has won the endorsement of northern Illinois union carpenters in his bid to unseat Gov. Pat Quinn in next February's Democratic ...
SouthtownStar | Rich Miller | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago
While fellow Democrats Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes were hurling insults at each other several days ago about the state budget, I picked u...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 08.31.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn used his new authority over the state budget on Friday to reduce spending cuts for programs that help abused children a...
Huffington Post/AP | Posted 08.31.2009 | Chicago
After their plan to create a media embargo and bar video cameras, live tweeting and other forms of immediate communication from a briefing on state bu...
AP | Posted 08.30.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says the state's moratorium on capital punishment should continue even as DuPage County prosecutors seek the death pena...
AP | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn plans to declare Mark Buehrle (BER'-lee) Day in Illinois to honor the White Sox pitcher who threw a perfect game. Quin...
AP | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a bill that provides financing guarantees for renewable energy, clean coal and agriculture projects...
Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia | Posted 08.27.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Pat Quinn is reviewing several major ethics proposals that lawmakers passed earlier this year and says he will decide whether to sign them into l...
AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 08.26.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Midwest governors met in Chicago on Monday in a show of unity as they push for an eight-state, high-speed rail network - agreeing to s...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago
UPDATED Illinois' accidental governor made his strongest statement yet about his future plans Friday. Gov. Pat Quinn told Fox Chicago's Jeff Goldbla...
Chicago Public Radio | Travis Truitt | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says he's open to local efforts to decriminalize marijuana....
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes plans to run for governor, a Democrat close to the Hynes campaign told The Associated Press on Friday, ...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.23.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn visited with Illinois troops, took part in medal ceremonies and flew in a helicopter over the mountains of Afghanistan ...
AP | Posted 08.23.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Just back from visiting U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, Gov. Pat Quinn has ways Illinoisans can help military families. Quinn wa...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago
After spending months preparing to run for President Obama's former U.S. Senate seat, Chris Kennedy may now be turning his attention to Springfield. ...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago
If State Comptroller Dan Hynes challenges Pat Quinn in the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial primary, he'd be wise not to count on support from a familiar...
AP | Rupa Shenoy | Posted 08.21.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Illinois Board of Education on Tuesday approved a budget that eliminates funding for after-school and gifted programs and cuts mon...
Chicago Public Radio | Rob Wildeboer | Posted 09.11.2009 | Chicago