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

He was Rob Petrie, Bert the Chimney Sweep, Caractacus Potts and countless other characters. Now Dick Van Dyke’s latest role is top actor in Illinois history.

A president’s death, the Great Chicago Fire and the deadliest tornado in American history top the list of Illinois’ most heartbreaking moments, as chosen by voters participating in the Illinois Top 200 project.

Rockford Art Museum, Burpee Museum of Natural History, and the Discovery Center Museum all failed to make IllinoisTop200's list of the state's top 10 museums.

This November the ballot may have an additional item for Illinoisans to vote on. It's the issue dealing with pot.

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Insert joke about Chicago here. The Tom Cross campaign for treasurer – with Cross barely ahead of competitor Mike Frerichs a week after Election Day – says some people are recorded as voting more than once...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network In addition to electing candidates, Illinois voters will be weighing in on five ballot questions. Two are constitutional amendments – one on the issue of voting rights and one a crime victims’ bill of rights...

As we prepare for Election Night coverage, I wanted to pass along a couple of tools that might allow you to be a more-informed voter/citizen when it comes to parsing the returns. First, take a look at this great online tool from pollster We Ask America...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Advocates of a Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights say they aren’t looking for any new rights. The rights of victims to be heard in court, to be notified of progress in the court case involving the suspect, and to be notified when an imprisoned offender is released, have been part of the state Constitution since 1992...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network How do you know how to vote for judges?  The Illinois State Bar Association has some help. The lawyers’ group polls lawyers and asks about those running for circuit court, and does an in-depth analysis – including an in-person interview – of those running for Appellate Court and Supreme Court, says Joe Emmerth, the chairman of the evaluation committee for can