Gov. Pat Quinn all but pulled the plug today on the Department on Aging moving into costly new office space in Springfield.

Primary elections will be moved to back to the third week in March after a two-year experiment with an early February primary.

After an embarrassing admission scandal last year, state lawmakers have overwhelmingly rejected changing how the governing board at the University of Illinois is put in place.

Caterpillar Inc. has more than doubled the number of people it is calling in to work at its Mossville engine plant for the next three to seven months, but it still wants only supplemental workers, the company confirmed Tuesday.

A sometime critic of Gov. Pat Quinn praised the governor today for halting a costly office lease for a state agency. Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, said Quinn listened to state lawmakers who blasted the lease as an example of government waste while the state's financial problems are causing program cuts and a mountain of unpaid bills.

Big Ten Player of the Year Evan Turner has been extremely busy leading Ohio State to the conference tournament title and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tourney. Yet the St. Joseph graduate still finds time to talk to his high school coach every other week.
 

The Illinois Policy Institute today proposed a budget that would make cuts and even eliminate many programs, beyond the cuts proposed by Gov. Pat Quinn last week.

This week's State Capitol Q&A takes a closer look at the fees and what lies ahead for lobbyists and lawmakers.

Female leaders from across the state called on Gov. Pat Quinn and legislative leaders Tuesday to approve a tax increase that would continue services supported by the state.

Erin Andrews said she still feels anxiety and public humiliation of what happened to her. The Westmont, Ill., man who committed the crimes, Michael David Barrett, 49, was sentenced to 30 months in prison Monday in the U.S District Court in Los Angeles and ordered to pay $7,366 in restitution to Andrews.

Department on Aging Director Charles Johnson said Tuesday a planned move of his agency from state-owned to leased offices has been put on hold because it has become a distraction in budget deliberations.

 Workers at Chrysler Group LLC’s Belvidere assembly plant churned out 17,181 Dodge Calibers, Jeep Compasses and Jeep Patriots in February.

After initially defending moving the Department on Aging from state-owned space to a rented building, the Quinn administration today suspended the move.

State Rep. Rich Myers, R-Colchester, said in a statement today he will continue serving his term in office despite being recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. He said he will undergo tests in the coming weeks to determine the best treatment route.

The Illini left empty-handed when the NCAA tournament berths were released Sunday. Illinois became one of three major-conference bubble teams left out of the field while Minnesota was one of three bubble surprises.