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Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino is located in East Peoria, Illinois

February 15th, 2012

New report shows Illinois is third most corrupt state in the country but Chicago's tops for corrupt cities.

February 14th, 2012

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers could vote this spring to impose a "pole tax" - a tax on stripper poles, that is.

February 15th, 2012

Illinois Rep. Jerry Costello will hang on to considerable influence with $2.3 million in his political funds.

February 15th, 2012

A University of Illinois study has found what many probably already suspected: Chicago is the corruption capital of the nation.The study — published Wednesday as the details of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich ’s Colorado prison assignment emerged — showed that the federal court district that includes Chicago has had 1,531 public corruption convictions since 1976, more than any other district in the ...

February 9th, 2012

For area high school wrestlers, it is now-or-never time.

February 15th, 2012

Rahm Emanuel does not plan to run for governor of Illinois. Not in 2014. Not ever.

February 15th, 2012

A new study lists Illinois as the third most corrupt area in the nation, and Chicago as the most corrupt city, and experts in the state say Illinois has earned those titles.

February 14th, 2012

Whether the topic was football's Ron Zook in November or basketball's Bruce Weber last week, Illinois athletics director Mike Thomas has been consistent with his answers regarding the future of the school's coaches. He repeatedly has said he will evaluate each coach and his program when the season is completed and make a decision based on the body of work.

February 15th, 2012

An initiative to raise the top tax rate on Nevada's highest earning casinos is not economically sustainable by the industry and would lead to thousands of direct and indirect job losses, according to one gambling analyst who called the proposal a "wolf in sheep's clothing."

February 15th, 2012

SPRINGFIELD - Campaign contribution limits in Illinois are being tested in federal court only a year after being enacted.