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.
The government on Tuesday lowered to 15 the age at which girls can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription and said the emergency contraception no longer has to be kept behind pharmacy counters.
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