Pritzker places state employees on correct step pay plan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says state employees will be placed on the correct step of the state pay plan on April 1. The reinstatement of long-postponed, experience-based salary increases is expected to affect

Man taken into custody in death of Illinois state trooper

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois State Police have announced an arrest in the case of a trooper who was struck and killed by a vehicle along Interstate 294 in suburban Chicago during a snowstorm. Trooper Christopher Lambert

Illinois lawmakers consider raising tobacco-buying age to 21

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois legislators are reviving bills that would raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products to 21. The State Journal-Register reports that Democratic Sens. Julie Morrison and Michael Hastings are sponsoring the Senate