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A double row of chain-link fencing circles the Arizona State Capitol. Windows on the Illinois and Ohio statehouses have been boarded up. Natio…
A double row of chain-link fencing circles the Arizona State Capitol. Windows on the Illinois and Ohio statehouses have been boarded up. Natio…
SPRINGFIELD – Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch made history Wednesday, Jan. 13, by becoming the first Black person elected speaker of the Illinois H…
One of the first tests for Welch will be rather mundane and arcane, yet all important — writing the rules under which the chamber will operate…
Uniformed officers with police dogs were searching the perimeter of the Capitol Building in Springfield this morning as workers continued to p…
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