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State capital: Springfield
Entered Union: Dec. 3, 1818
Population: 12,713,634 (2004 estimate)
Area 55,584 sq mi. (143,963 sq km)
Governor: Rod R. Blagojevich (Democrat)
U.S. Representatives: 19
State nickname: Prairie State

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  • Illinois legislators pushing 'sexting' ban

  • Illinois faces Catch-22 on budget options cuts

  • 3 former candidates have applied to be Ill. lt gov

  • China to Bid on US High-Speed Rail Projects

  • Quinn administration fires 3 officials in apparent Corrections Department shakeup

  • Donald Trump returns with new crop of celebrities hoping to win for charity

  • Expert offers tips to avoid Medicare scams

  • Quinn wants to borrow nearly $5 billion _ but how?

  • Another hassle for Illinois Senate candidate

  • Lawyers: Speed limit doesn't apply to Illinois trooper

  • SIU cancer center gets grant for online resources

  • World War II vets stream toward DC monument

  • Blagojevich asks judge to delay corruption trial

  • Young illegal immigrants a coming outa

  • Illinois mom's lawsuit blames police in sons' deaths

  • U of Ill. president says schools could help students get out in 3 years to save money

  • Recall Alert: 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor

  • UGA study tackles myth of Obamaa s Muslim faith

  • Quinn seeks income tax hike for schools

  • Ameren Illinois asks customers to swap lights, take energy-saving pledge

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    Illinois lawmakers want teenagers who send salacious or sexually provocative photographs via their cell phones to come before a judge in a courtroom.

    ' target='_blank'> Illinois legislators pushing 'sexting' ban

    Illinois legislators pushing 'sexting' ban <p>Illinois lawmakers want teenagers who send salacious or sexually provocative photographs via their cell phones to come before a judge in a courtroom.</p>

    Illinois faces Catch-22 on budget options cuts

    Illinois faces Catch-22 on budget options cuts <p>Gov. Pat Quinn greets students and signs a T-shirt Thursday while visiting the Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Springfield.</p>

    3 former candidates have applied to be Ill. lt gov

    3 former candidates have applied to be Ill. lt gov <p>Several former Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor are among the more than 220 applicants for the post.</p>

    ' target='_blank'> China to Bid on US High-Speed Rail Projects

    China to Bid on US High-Speed Rail Projects <p>FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2010 file photo, a worker checks a CRH high-speed train at a... FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2010 file photo, a worker checks a CRH high-speed train at a maintenance base in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province.</p>

    ' target='_blank'> Quinn administration fires 3 officials in apparent Corrections Department shakeup

    Quinn administration fires 3 officials in apparent Corrections Department shakeup <p>In what may be a shake up of the Illinois Department of Corrections, Gov. Pat Quinn's administration has fired three of the department's top administrators.</p>

    ' target='_blank'> Donald Trump returns with new crop of celebrities hoping to win for charity

    Donald Trump returns with new crop of celebrities hoping to win for charity <p>A new potpourri of celebrities starts working for 'The Donald', millionaire businessman Donald Trump, on Sunday.</p>

    Expert offers tips to avoid Medicare scams

    Expert offers tips to avoid Medicare scams <p>Scam artists sometimes target older adults and their Medicare benefits. But there are ways to avoid being fooled.</p>

    Quinn wants to borrow nearly $5 billion _ but how?

    Quinn wants to borrow nearly $5 billion _ but how? <p>While laying out his budget plan, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn sounded less like the leader of a state facing a $13 billion deficit than a guy looking to find a credit card with a better interest rate.</p>

    ' target='_blank'> Another hassle for Illinois Senate candidate

    Another hassle for Illinois Senate candidate <p>The Illinois Democrat running for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat faced a new political hassle after one of his major campaign contributors was arrested on charges of defrauding banks by writing bad checks.</p>

    Attorneys for an Illinois State Trooper who allegedly caused a crash that killed two sisters on an Illinois freeway say the charges should be dismissed.

    ' target='_blank'> Lawyers: Speed limit doesn't apply to Illinois trooper

    Lawyers: Speed limit doesn't apply to Illinois trooper <p>Attorneys for an Illinois State Trooper who allegedly caused a crash that killed two sisters on an Illinois freeway say the charges should be dismissed.</p>

    SIU cancer center gets grant for online resources

    SIU cancer center gets grant for online resources <p>The National Library of Medicine has awarded a $36,000 grant to Simmons Cooper Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield.</p>

    World War II vets stream toward DC monument

    World War II vets stream toward DC monument <p>The chance viewing of a segment on a television news program gave Don Niehart an idea that has enriched the golden years of 296 World War II veterans from the southeastern third of Illinois.</p>

    ' target='_blank'> Blagojevich asks judge to delay corruption trial

    Blagojevich asks judge to delay corruption trial <p>Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's attorneys are asking a federal judge to postpone his corruption trial, saying they can't be ready by the scheduled June 3 start date.</p>

    Young illegal immigrants a coming outa

    Young illegal immigrants a coming outa <p>Tania Unzueta , a 26-year-old graduate of the University of Illinois is an illegal immigrant who decided to "come out" publicly Wednesday about her status at a youth immigration rally in Chicago.</p>

    A central Illinois woman is seeking $10 million in a lawsuit that accuses police of waiting too long to start looking for her two sons after they were taken by their father last year.

    ' target='_blank'> Illinois mom's lawsuit blames police in sons' deaths

    Illinois mom's lawsuit blames police in sons' deaths <p>A central Illinois woman is seeking $10 million in a lawsuit that accuses police of waiting too long to start looking for her two sons after they were taken by their father last year.</p>

    ' target='_blank'> U of Ill. president says schools could help students get out in 3 years to save money

    U of Ill. president says schools could help students get out in 3 years to save money <p>The University of Illinois will look into ways to help students graduate in three years as it tries to save money and cut students' costs.</p>

    Recall Alert: 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor

    Recall Alert: 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor <p>Mitsubishi has issued a recall for 56,113 Endeavor vehicles from the 2004 model year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration .</p>

    ' target='_blank'> UGA study tackles myth of Obamaa s Muslim faith

    UGA study tackles myth of Obamaa s Muslim faith <p>A study by The University of Georgia found media reporting did little to quell the debate during the recent presidential campaign about President Barack Obama's supposed Muslim faith.</p>

    Quinn seeks income tax hike for schools

    Quinn seeks income tax hike for schools <p>Calling himself a realist, Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday scaled back his proposal to raise income taxes, shifting to a call for an increase of just one percentage point to be used solely for preventing deep cuts to education.</p>

    Ameren Illinois asks customers to swap lights, take energy-saving pledge

    Ameren Illinois asks customers to swap lights, take energy-saving pledge <p>An Illinois electric utility is asking customers to pledge to use less energy by swapping out one incandescent light in their homes with a compact fluorescent light that is qualified by Energy Star.</p>


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