High speed rail agreement for region
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (R) answers questions as Missouri Governor Jay Nixon looks on after the two signed a Missouri-Illinois Memorandum of Understanding to solidify the bi-state partnership and to seek federal recovery funds to establish a high-speed passenger rail line between Chicago and St. Louis. in St. Louis on June 22, 2009. Just days after the federal government issued guidance to states on the application process for high-speed rail funding, the two Governors also outlined their vision for a Chicago-to-St. Louis line as a tool for job-creation and regional economic growth(UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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The Illinois House Friday approved a concealed weapons bill that would override Chicago's assault weapons ban.
An Illinois House committee unanimously approved a bill allowing the extraction of oil and gas using controversial hydraulic fracturing, known as "fracking."
The Illinois Senate approved a bill Friday that would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana for medical use.
The Mississippi River could crest at more than 11 feet above flood stage as more rain and snow fall on an already saturated Midwest, weather officials said.
The overflowing Mississippi River topped levees in northern Missouri, as weather forecasters predicted more rain, adding to flood conditions along the river.
A spring storm that brought flooding in the Midwest and snow in the Rockies threatens further disruption in the mid-Atlantic and New England, forecasters said.
Residents of the Chicago-area braced for more rain Thursday after a storm some likened to an inland hurricane dropped more than 6 inches of rain.
The Illinois House approved and sent to the Senate a measure that would ask the voters whether the office of lieutenant governor should be eliminated.
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Longtime NHL assistant coach and Team Canada official Wayne Fleming has died at age 62 in Calgary after battling brain cancer, Hockey Canada announced Tuesday.
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