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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says it is investing more than $24 million over four years to nine public housing authorities and their partners to help residents…Click to Continue »

An investigation continues after fire destroyed a building in a suburban St. Louis apartment complex.Click to Continue »

A federal judge has ordered the Chicago Transit Authority to allow employees to distribute leaflets opposed to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's re-election bid in CTA break rooms.Click to Continue »

The 24-10 roll call vote Thursday by which the Missouri Senate passed legislation authorizing the creation of a state database to track prescription drug purchases.Click to Continue »

A bill that would require Missouri's public schools recite the Pledge of Allegiance in English once a day has passed the House.Click to Continue »

A judge has sentenced a 21-year-old suburban Chicago man to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to murder in connection with a beating death stemming from a dispute…Click to Continue »

The new finance boss at Northern Illinois University says he's looking into what the school should do after a state audit found a temporary employee was improperly reimbursed $32,000 for…Click to Continue »

Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says he'll vote to support Loretta Lynch's nomination for Attorney General.Click to Continue »

More lawsuits have been filed against the state of Illinois over medical marijuana growers' permits. Two new complaints were filed in recent weeks and affect cultivation centers with permits in…Click to Continue »

Missouri may soon join the rest of the country in creating a prescription drug monitoring database that supporters say will curb substance abuse.Click to Continue »