SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House has begun debating a $5 billion income tax increase to help end a two-year budget stalemate. Democratic Rep. Greg Harris of Chicago is the sponsor of the measure presented Sunday. The plan would increase the personal income tax rate by 32 percent. It would go from 3.75 percent…
CHICAGO (AP) — A website that hosted an “Abduction 101” forum linked to a 28-year-old suspect in the kidnapping of a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois bills itself as the most popular sexual fetish networking site on the internet — and it has faced pressure in recent months to be clearer about not…
New York, NY – Saint Louis FC fell 1-0 to New York Red Bulls II in front of 611 at MSU Soccer Park in Week 15 of the USL Regular Season. New York Red Bulls II were put ahead by team-leading scorer Brandon Allen in the 26th minute and never looked back on a hot…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The speaker of the Illinois House on Saturday scheduled a key vote on a multibillion-dollar revenue package that would finance an end to the longest state budget crisis since at least the Great Depression, ending a day that turned acrimonious at times. Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan of Chicago issued a statement…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The widow of a man who wounded a congressman and four others in a shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice said she is tormented by thoughts that she could have done more to help her increasingly angry husband. Suzanne Hodgkinson said her husband James was once a fun-loving man who…