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By Cole Lauterbach The Center Square SPRINGFIELD - Vape shop owners are up in arms over an effort to prevent them from allowing customers to sample products in their stores. The proposed legislation is described by supporters as…

By Greg Bishop The Center Square SPRINGFIELD - Some Republicans joined with Democrats to vote for a $40.3 billion state budget in part because of a slew of tax credits for certain industries. Republicans in both the House and Senate…

By Greg Bishop The Center Square SPRINGFIELD - Illinois state lawmakers repealed a measure that was intended to curb pension spiking for public educators as the state's unfunded pension liabilities continue to grow. The bill enacting…

By By John O'Connor AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers have wrapped up their spring session after a whirlwind week that produced a budget, a state construction plan and billions of dollars in tax increases…

By John O'Connor AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois is likely to become the 11th state to allow small amounts of marijuana for recreational use after the Democratic-controlled House on Friday sent a legalization plan…

By Greg Bishop The Center Square SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would require Illinois residents applying for a Firearm Owner Identification card to provide fingerprints to legally own a gun in Illinois passed the House on Wednesday and now…

By Michael Hill and John O'Connor Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers working to legalize recreational marijuana hit a snag that other states have wrestled with: whether to allow people to grow a few pot plants…

By The Associated Press ALTON, Ill. (AP) — The National Weather Service predicts crests along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers in the coming week could near historic levels. Madison County emergency management officials say…

By Benjamin Yount The Center Square SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers are close to another new law that would ban local police departments and sheriff's offices across the state from working with federal immigration officials. The…

By Cole Lauterbach The Center Square SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers have endorsed steeper fines for drivers who pass a school bus when they’re dropping off or picking up kids. The legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Darren Bailey,…

By Cole Lauterbach The Center Square CHICAGO - As Illinois nears the 2020 Census, several of its cities are losing enough people that they’re likely to lose the broad taxing and borrowing powers that come with having more than 25,000…