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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has provided details about the duties of a monitor reviewing hiring at Gov. Pat Quinn's Department of Transportation and set a deadline for a preliminary report. A description of Noelle Brennan's responsibilities comes in a Tuesday filing by U...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network The outgoing governor hopes the idea of state-run health insurance exchange isn’t dead in Illinois. The state currently has a partnership marketplace with the federal government’s http://www...

Following are the unofficial results for the 2014 Midterm Elections.

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network The candidates for governor not only disagree on last year’s pension reform law, they disagree on whether the state should have a backup plan ready in case it’s declared unconstitutional. Gov...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn says he'll comply with a court-ordered monitor to review hiring at his administration's Department of Transportation. The Chicago Democrat spoke to reporters Thursday in Carbondale. A federal judge ordered Wednesday that a monitor be appointed...

Following a relative lull in polling on the Illinois gubernatorial race, the Chicago Tribune is out this morning with a new look at the race. With less than two weeks until Election Day, the Tribune/APCResearch survey shows Bruce Rauner leading the incumbent, Pat Quinn, by a 45-43 margin...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network The candidates for governor differ on charter schools. Charter schools are taxpayer funded, but run by independent non-profit organizations.  Bruce Rauner has supported charter schools with his checkbook to the tune of millions, and he’s for their continued presence on the education scene...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Gov. Pat Quinn’s bid for re-election is getting support from former President Bill Clinton. Clinton appeared Tuesday with Quinn at Wheatland Tube, a metal tube manufacturer in Chicago, calling the facility proof that Quinn has helped turn around the state’s economic situation...

The candidates for governor stubbornly refused to give direct answers to direct questions in their third and possibly final broadcast debate Monday night in Chicago, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Illinois. Gov. Pat Quinn, who stated in his budget address in March that he wanted to maintain the 5 percent income tax rate after the end of this year, was asked whether he would try to pass

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network The race for Illinois governor is getting attention from the highest office in the land. President Barack Obama headlined a rally at Chicago State University supporting Gov. Pat Quinn’s bid for re-election...