An Illinois House committee approved a measure Wednesday that would change how the state pays for its severely underfunded pension systems. But the bill could face a harder vote in the state Senate.
Planned Parenthood officials say they anticipate a court challenge to a bill signed into law by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence that tightens the state's regulations on distribution of the abortion pill.
About a thousand people marched through Chicago's streets and attended a rally Wednesday in what has become an annual cry for changing the nation's immigration laws.
The Illinois House Personnel and Pensions Committee passed Speaker Michael Madigan's plan 9-1 Wednesday. It will move to the floor for a vote and needs Senate approval too.
We live at a time when queer people have never been more ubiquitous in media and out in the world. But Jason Collins' description of life in the NBA closet harkens back to a darker and lonelier time.
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