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Less than two months after the Illinois Commerce Commission granted a rate hike averaging out to an additional $4.25 on ...

A federal judge in Chicago said she is concerned about a request to dismiss a lawsuit over federal agents’ use of force.

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The president has pardoned hundreds since returning to office, but rules out one for the former U.S. senator from N.J.

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Amid warnings of impending energy shortages, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed a wide-ranging energy reform package into ...

President Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency disbanded less than a year into Trump’s second ...