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Researchers have created a new thin flexible sensor that can be applied with water, like a temporary tattoo.

The dream of a car that gets 54 miles per gallon is behind a grant headed for Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.The lab is receiving $800,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy for research aimed at helping automakers achieve fuel efficiency standards required by 2025.

Illinois U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk just issued his first report card for Lake Michigan.Senator Kirk, a Republican, looked at measurements such as beach water quality, mercury and Superfund sites. Kirk, who co-chairs the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, gave the lake a "C."

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said "you can't put perfume on a skunk" after he used his veto power to try to end a longstanding program that let legislators hand out college scholarships.The Chicago Democrat says taxpayer-funded scholarships should be based on merit and financial need.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is calling on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a national recall of all fuel gel products.Calling the gels "napalm-like", Madigan says the products are too dangerous for consumers and should be taken off the market completely.Fuel gel is a pourab

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has promised to take on City Hall’s budget gap without raising taxes. But he’s taking a different tack with red ink at the school district he controls. Emanuel on Tuesday defended a $150 million property-tax hike proposed by Chicago Public Schools last week.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is weighing in on the long-standing controversy over the turf at Soldier Field.