ICC rules Nicor Gas must pay $72 million settlement

The Illinois Commerce Commission has ruled that Nicor Gas must refund customers more than $72 million in a more than decade-old accounting scandal. Read More

High speed rail upgrades starting in Springfield

As part of the high-speed rail improvements between St. Louis and Chicago, trains going through Springfield will use tracks a half-mile to the east of the tracks Amtrak now uses. Read More

Quinn signs legislation to pay off overdue bills

More than $1 billion of the state's overdue bills are being paid off. Read More

Illinois insurance marketplace stalls again

The Illinois Legislature adjourned Friday without sending a bill on a state-run health insurance marketplace to Gov. Pat Quinn's desk as he's requested for years. Read More

Rauner officially joins fray for Illinois governor

Republican venture capitalist Bruce Rauner is running for Illinois governor in 2014. Read More

Durbin: Poland should be in US waiver program

Sen. Dick Durbin says Polish citizens should be able to visit the U.S. for up to 90 days without a visa. Read More

Rutherford: Recent credit downgrade likely won't be the last

The recent decrease in Illinois' bond rating is the result of legislators failing to restructure pensions before the end of the legislative session. Read More

Quinn reviewing concealed carry bill, disappointed no vote on gay marriage

Gov. Pat Quinn won't say if he'll sign a concealed carry bill that lawmakers approved last week. Read More

Doctors block bids to expand nurse, dentist roles

Illinois lawmakers this spring rebuffed a variety of proposals that would have given more authority to psychologists, dentists and nurses ahead of a surge of patients newly insured under President Oba Read More

Jackson's lawyers want portion of document sealed

Lawyers for convicted former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. are asking a judge to seal a portion of a sentencing document that's set to be filed this week because it will contain ``sensitive details' Read More