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Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Jackson tells The Associated Press she'll announce her intention to run for President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat.

Gov. Pat Quinn uses his own BlackBerry for government business, saying it saves taxpayers the cost of providing an official cell phone. The practice also allows the governor to avoid public records laws.

A former state lawmaker who works as chief of staff to Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (jeh-NOO'-lee-ehs) wants her boss' job.

Illinois State Police are searching for an inmate who escaped from a transport van in a southwest Chicago suburb.

Vowing to continue speaking his mind, ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Sunday launched a Web site that catalogues his scores of public appearances and allows for public feedback.

An Illinois woman accused of leaving her newborn baby to die in freezing weather in 2004 has been arrested in Kansas.

A panel reviewing the role of clout in University of Illinois admissions on Thursday made several recommendations for the Board of Trustees, the university and lawmakers to help restore the university's credibility.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The fair must go on, even with the economy struggling and the state budget slashed.

Four workers accused of digging up corpses at a historic Chicago-area cemetery as part of a scheme to resell plots have been indicted on a host of felony charges, including desecration of human remains, conspiracy to dismember human bodies and theft, pros

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Gov. Pat Quinn says he'd like a new University of Illinois board of trustees to perform "a complete, immediate, through review" of school administrators.