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Illinois creates Route 66 Centennial Commission

— August 6, 2018

Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation creating the Illinois Route 66 Centennial Commission. The commission will develop plans for celebrating the famous road’s 100th anniversary…

Special Bicentennial exhibit opens at the Illinois State Museum
— June 30, 2018

The Illinois State Museum presents a major new exhibition in celebration of the state’s 200th birthday, which features rare and rarely-seen artifacts from the Museum’s 13.5-million-object…
Analysts: State budget doesn’t go far enough
— June 11, 2018

While Illinois politicians basked in the accomplishment of passing a state budget on time, the bond-rating community gave a collective “Who cares?” Despite last week’s press releases…
State pours money into capital projects in new budget
— June 2, 2018

In the end, everyone got something they were seeking with the state budget: Democrats got more money for social service providers and schools; Republicans got no new tax increases;…
Illinois veterans from 3 wars to take Honor Flight
— May 5, 2018

Land of Lincoln Honor Flight (LLHF), serving central and mid-southern Illinois, will take our next Honor Flight on Tuesday, May 15, departing from Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln…

Black lawmakers lash out at Rauner
— June 25, 2018

State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch says Gov. Bruce Rauner hasn’t set foot in his near west suburban Cook County district in nearly four years. “Bruce Rauner has not spent…
State leaders: Women’s rights need protecting
— June 4, 2018

State Rep. Litesa Wallace (D-Rockford) is concerned that the same urgency that was shown last week in tackling the Equal Rights Amendment will not be shown with other issues of equality…
State gets approval for behavioral health initiative
— May 14, 2018

Neli Vasquez Rowland remembers growing up in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood and knowing lots of people denied access to drug and alcohol treatment. “Growing up, I thought…