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If you've been wondering what it would take to get a statue of yourself put on display in our state's capital city of Springfield, you might want to get started by saving 77 people from drowning in the Rock River. Oh, and then get elected president.

Summer is rapidly coming to a close but that doesn't mean there still isn't plenty to do.

The Top 200 Project lets Illinoisans vote every two weeks on the state’s most inspiring leaders, greatest inventions, top businesses and much more.

As part of the Illinois bicentennial celebration, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is highlighting four Presidents with an Illinois pedigree.

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) expects Republican opposition to President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, and says the party’s political donors are to blame. Durbin supports the new rules, which are aimed at cutting carbon emissions by 32 percent by 2030...

It had been rumored for about a week, but the official announcement came this morning. President Barack Obama's presidential library will be located in Chicago. The University of Chicago site beat out its competitors, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia University in New York and the University of Hawaii...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Illinois House Republicans say Democrats broke the rules while passing a bill on the Obama presidential library out of committee. No vote was expected in Thursday’s House Executive Committee hearing, but vote the committee did, passing it 9 votes to 0...