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Gov. Quinn says reducing salaries is only the beginning of the cuts he'll be making.

Mark Kirk has been claiming for years an award he did not earn: "Intelligence Officer of the Year."

No accolade to those presently in our country’s service is greater than honoring the veterans who preceded them on Memorial Day.

The Senate Armed Services Committee dealt a big setback to President Obama's plans to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay today.

A controversial video poker bill that state gambling regulators fear will allow operators of illegal machines to stay in business throughout the state was approved Wednesday.

Is the Obama administration ready to go to war with Arizona over its immigration law?

With GOP backing, the Illinois House voted Tuesday to use the state's charge card to pay $3.7 billion to Illinois' retirement systems.

Border security makes for strange resemblances. Who knew that Barack Obama would come to look so much like John McCain?

Education Secretary Arne Duncan is asking lawmakers to put aside “politics and ideology” as they consider a request for $23 billion in “emergency” funding for public schools – a measure Republicans reject as a massive federal bailout for the teachers’ unions.

The proposal to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" ban could reach the House floor by Thursday.