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Illinois Senate Democrats released a map of state legislative districts Thursday morning, setting off a scramble among Republicans who played no role in the process.The map will dictate the boundaries of General Assembly districts for the next 10 years.

This is a long time coming.After months of debate over (mostly unsuccessful) proposals to change how Illinois draws its legislative boundaries, and weeks of public hearings all over the state for interest groups to tell lawmakers about their communities, a draft map for the Illinois Senate is out.

Rahm Emanuel has lobbied Illinois leaders about bringing a casino to Chicago, the new mayor said Wednesday. As he did during the campaign, Emanuel said he would like the casino to be city-owned."

Nathan Brown is a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University and noresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.The stunningly quick fall of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt had many o

There was some pomp but little substance as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel presided over his first city council meeting Wednesday.Around 10 a.m., Rahm Emanuel took his place at the podium and called the meeting to order. Unlike Mayor Richard M.

Two state lawmakers say the federal government has agreed to buy the unused Thomson Correctional Center for $165 million.State Sen. Mike Jacobs, D-East Moline, and Rep. Richard Morthland, R-Cordova, say Gov.