Gov. Pat Quinn says his plan to make sure state government pays its bills every 30 days would end the practice of paying pharmacies, schools and others who count on state funding months late.
In Illinois, the unemployment rate stands at 8.6 percent. The number is significantly higher for African-Americans, who averaged 12.1 percent unemployment in 2008.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than a half-million unemployed workers in Ohio and several other states are missing out on extended federal benefits because of the way laws in their states are written.
Authorities in DuPage County were holding two former McDonald's workers on $750,000 bond apiece for allegedly robbing the restaurant where they worked in Lombard's Yorktown Center.
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says the Democratic National Committee has reimbursed the city for the cost of President Barack Obama's $1.74 million election night rally.
One day after a massive fire damaged a section of the Empress Casino in Joliet, officials on Saturday said they didn't know how long the facility would be closed or how the local community would be financially impacted.
Chicago police say they have been questioning a man who reportedly tossed a fake grenade during a foot chase in the Roseland neighborhood on the city's far South Side.
