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The Story: The legislature of the State of Illinois began a special session on Tuesday, August 31 for the purpose of drawing new state legislative...

The Story: Fortunately, the danger posed to much of the population of the world by the Covid-19 pandemic seems at last to be receding in...

The Story: In a poignant sign of the difficult economics of health care after a year of pandemic conditions, Mercy Hospital, a venerable Chicago, Illinois...

 The Story: Dan Lipinski, who represents the 3d Congressional district Illinois, in the US House of Representatives, is one of the rare Democrats who still...

The Story: Joe Walsh, a former US Congressman from Illinois, now a radio talk show host, is running for the Republican nomination for President, against...

A Chicago judge rules that Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx did not have the authority to appoint an acting state's attorney after her recusal from the case; Matt Finn reports. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Legislation proposing the separation of Chicago from Illinois is intended to spark discussion about the overarching influence of the city in state politics, not actually lead to the creation of the 51st state, according to a Central Illinois lawmaker who sponsored the measure. "It's more of a frustration of the policies than the true belief that Chicago and Illinois would be better off as separate states," Davidsmeyer said. "I don't believe that Chicago and the state of Illinois should be separated. Our relationship is mutually beneficial." Chicago needs to recognize how its policies impact rural Illinois, Davidsmeyer added. "The reality is, the city of Chicago is competing with New York City and L.A. and San Francisco, and (downstate is) competing against rural Indiana and rural Missouri," he said. GOP state Rep. Brad Halbrook introduced the proposed measure in February. He co-sponsored a similar proposal last year that failed, and this year's attempt has even less of a chance of succeeding in the Democratic-controlled Legislature. Halbrook said the city of 2.7 million people differs ideologically from the rural population downstate on matters such as abortion and gun rights. "We are trying to drive the discussion to get people at the table to say these are not our values down here."

As commuters wake up to temperatures of -20 degrees, rail operators are heating tracks to prevent rails from shrinking and cracking; Mike Tobin reports from Chicago. #AmericasNewsroom #FoxNews FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to…

Her father's work with refugees after his army service had taken them around the world, but the family had not lived in the U.S. before they moved to Hawaii. The one-term senator said she can't imagine how her father could've chosen between accepting food stamps to feed her and her brother or bringing his wife and the mother of his children to America. What it means to be a public charge The "public charge" term is used by U.S. The "public charge" standard was first codified into U.S. immigration law in 1882 and again in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which stipulated that those who were deemed a "public charge" would be subject to deportation or barred from entering the country. "This is such a confusing regulation, and we're in such a time of fear and uncertainty for immigrant families — and families of color in this country and families living in poverty right now — that this is really jeopardizing the health of millions of children, well beyond those that would definitely be impacted by it," Linton told CBS News. Linton said the immigrant mother told her she believed she could be deported if she enrolled in the program, even if her child was a U.S. citizen. Although the proposal does not include Medicaid and CHIP assistance in its "public charge" considerations, researchers at the Health Policy Center believe immigrant parents, particularly in Latino and Asian American communities, will drop these benefits due to concerns surrounding their immigration status and ability to remain in the U.S. legally with their children. "So, there are military men and women who are green card holders who also receive food stamps — and their families do." "And one way to subsidize those farmers is with food stamps. That is why people come to America."

The state's next governor is heading into office with plenty of goodwill, according to one of Illinois' longtime political experts. Paying for his inauguration is just one piece of the puzzle that will help ease Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker into office. Jim Nowlan, who's worked in and around state government for decades, said Pritzker is riding a wave of amity. "I think he starts with a blank slate and a positive setting in which to operate," Nowlan said. "He looks like your favorite uncle, and he's positive in his approach to things." It also it helps that Pritzker won decisively over incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner. And, Nowlan said, it helps that Pritzker is not Rod Blagojevich or Pat Quinn. "Even when you had Quinn and Blagojevich, you had Democratic governors, but you had Democratic legislatures that didn't agree with the governors," Nowlan said. Nowlan said there will once again be a one-party government in Springfield, but there is a sense that all of the Democrats will get along.