A bill that will allow driver's licenses to be granted to undocumented immigrants has passed the state legislature and is headed to Gov. Pat Quinn's desk for signing.
As the nation reels in the wake of a Connecticut school massacre that has left 26 dead, Mayor Rahm Emanuel met with Chicagoans and legislators this afternoon to discuss gun control in Illinois.
A U.S. Appeals Court voted down the nation's last concealed carry ban yesterday, and likely set up a legal battle as Illinois could fight to keep the law in place.
The Illinois House has failed to take up an override vote on Gov. Pat Quinn's budget cuts to state facilities, thereby keeping his prison and facility closure stand in place.
The Illinois Senate voted to restore $56 million in funds for the running of Tamm's Supermax Prison, Dwight women's prison, two youth facilities and three halfway houses.
