When Illinois lawmakers began talking early this year about possibly slashing services to the poor, the state's Poverty Commission was silent. Officials hadn't appointed enough members for the panel to function.
WHEATON, Ill. — Officials in one of Illinois' largest counties voted Tuesday to ban video gambling, which was legalized across the state last month to help pay for a massive public works program.
Attorneys are scheduled to begin questioning prospective jurors for the trial of a man charged with killing seven workers at a suburban Chicago fast food restaurant in 1993.
Chicago police are questioning a person of interest in the deaths of a retired Chicago couple whose bodies were found in their home on the city's South Side.
